A 6-Month Exercise Intervention Among Inactive and Overweight Favela -Residing Women in Brazil

The Caranguejo Exercise Trial

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ID11020780
AuthorsJoão Guilherme Bezerra Alves (0000-0002-9170-0808, Economic and Social Research Council), João G Alves (João G. Alves and Jailson B. Correia are with the Instituto Materno Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Catharine R. Gale is with the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, England. Nanette Mutrie is with the Department of Sport, Culture, and the Arts, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland. G. David Batty is with the UK MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.), Catharine R Gale (0000-0002-3361-8638, João G. Alves and Jailson B. Correia are with the Instituto Materno Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Catharine R. Gale is with the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, England. Nanette Mutrie is with the Department of Sport, Culture, and the Arts, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland. G. David Batty is with the UK MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.), Nanette Mutrie (0000-0002-5018-6398, João G. Alves and Jailson B. Correia are with the Instituto Materno Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Catharine R. Gale is with the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, England. Nanette Mutrie is with the Department of Sport, Culture, and the Arts, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland. G. David Batty is with the UK MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.), Jailson B Correia (0000-0003-4172-9810, João G. Alves and Jailson B. Correia are with the Instituto Materno Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Catharine R. Gale is with the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, England. Nanette Mutrie is with the Department of Sport, Culture, and the Arts, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland. G. David Batty is with the UK MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.), George David Batty (0000-0003-1822-5753, Economic and Social Research Council)
Year2009
Volume99
Issue1
Pages76-80
Publication date2009-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2007.124495
PMID18556608
PMCIDPMC2636610
OpenAlexW2112106726
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited27

Objectives. We examined the viability and efficacy of a known quantity of exercise in facilitating weight loss among previously sedentary or irregularly active overweight and obese adult women residing in a slum (favela) in Brazil. Methods. In this randomized controlled trial, 156 women were randomized to a control or intervention group (78 in each group). Exercise was supervised, consisting of three 50-minute aerobic sessions each week for 6 months. Results. Ninety-one percent (71) of the participants in the intervention group completed 6 months of the exercise program. At 6 months, women in the treatment group showed significant reduction in weight (mean = −1.69 kg; 95% confidence interval [CI] = −2.36,−1.03) and body mass index (mean = −0.63 kg/m 2 ; 95% CI = −0.97, −0.30) compared with controls (P for both Conclusions. A moderately intense, structured exercise program resulted in modest weight loss in women when sustained for 6 months

Aerobic exercise · Body mass index · Confidence interval · Obesity · Overweight · Physical exercise · Physical therapy · Randomized controlled trial · Weight loss · Cardiovascular and exercise physiology · Demography · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Physical Activity and Health · Gerontology

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