The effect of six months training on weight, body fatness and serum lipids in apparently healthy elderly Dutch men and women.

Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of a six-months training program on changes in body weight and lipid concentrations, and their interrelationship in elderly people. DESIGN: Intervention study. The elderly subjects were randomly assigned to a control group or one of two supervised aerobic training groups, either all round activities or ergometer cycling, both exercising 3-4 times a week for six months. SUBJECTS: 229 elderly men and women, aged 60-80 y. MEASUREMENTS: Various fatness parameters by anthropome... Mehr ...