[The influence of diet and physical activity therapy on the body's composition of medium obesity women and men].

Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig

Zakład Medycyny WF i Sportu, Instytut Fizjologii Człowieka, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego, 31-571 Kraków.

Published: March 2007

In 56 women and 15 men the efficiency of two weeks diet and physical activity therapy was evaluated. The following parameters before and after the therapy were measured: BM, BMI, LBM, WHR and the fat mass (FATkg and FAT%). The subjects were divided into four groups depending on sex: (group of men and group of women), and value of BMI (group of persons with BMI lower than 27 and group of persons with BMI higher than 27). Both, body mass, content of fat and BMI decreased in all groups after two weeks of therapy.

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