Obesity
Conditions
Keywords
Obesity, coronary heart disease, coronary risk factors, weight loss, exercise
Brief summary
We hypothesize that a combination of high-caloric expenditure exercise and behavioral weight loss counseling would lead to a greater loss of fat mass and a greater improvement in cardiometabolic risk factors that standard (lower caloric expenditure) cardiac rehabilitation exercise plus counseling.
Detailed description
We hypothesize that a combination of high-caloric expenditure exercise and behavioral weight loss counseling would lead to a greater loss of fat mass and a greater improvement in cardiometabolic risk factors that standard (lower caloric expenditure) cardiac rehabilitation exercise plus counseling. The study population consists of overweight (BMI \>27) patients with established coronary heart disease. The exercise and counseling program was of 4 months duration with extended follow up at 1 year.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALhigh caloric expenditure exercise
high caloric expenditure exercise plus dietary counseling
BEHAVIORALlow caloric expenditure exercise plus dietary counseling
low caloric expenditure exercise plus dietary counseling
Sponsors
University of Vermont
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
21 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Coronary heart disease * BMI \> 27 * Peak Vo2 \> 14.4 ml/kg/min
Exclusion criteria
* Presence of diabetes
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fat Mass | 4 months, 12 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Intrabdominal (visceral) fat | 4 months |
| Insulin stimulated glucose disposal | 4 months |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed