CLINICAL STUDY
Comparable reduction of the visceral adipose tissue depot after
a diet-induced weight loss with or without aerobic exercise
in obese subjects: a 12-week randomized intervention study
Tore Christiansen, Søren K Paulsen, Jens M Bruun, Kristian...
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CLINICAL STUDY
Comparable reduction of the visceral adipose tissue depot after
a diet-induced weight loss with or without aerobic exercise
in obese subjects: a 12-week randomized intervention study
Tore Christiansen, Søren K Paulsen, Jens M Bruun, Kristian Overgaard1
, Steffen Ringgaard2
, Steen B Pedersen,
Vincenzo Positano3
and Bjørn Richelsen
Department of Medicine and Endocrinology C, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus Sygehus, Tage Hansensgade 2, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark,
1
Department of Sport Science, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, 2
MR-Research Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark and
3
MRI Laboratory, G.
Monasterio Foundation, Pisa, Italy
(Correspondence should be addressed to T Christiansen; Email: tore.
christiansen@ki.
au.
dk)
Abstract
Objective: Weight loss with preferential effect on the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) depot could have
important clinical benefits.
In this study, we investigated the independent and combined effect of
regular exercise
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