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Title

  • Main Title Outrunning major weight gain: a prospective study of 8,340consistent runners during 7 years of follow-up

Creator

  • Author: Williams, Paul T.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: USDOE Director, Office of Science
  • Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Place of Publication: Berkeley, California
    Additional Info: "Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (United States)"

Date

  • Creation: 2006-01-06

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Background: Body weight increases with aging. Short-term,longitudinal exercise training studies suggest that increasing exerciseproduces acute weight loss, but it is not clear if the maintenance oflong-term, vigorous exercise attenuates age-related weight gain inproportion to the exercise dose. Methods: Prospective study of 6,119 maleand 2,221 female runners whose running distance changed less than 5 km/wkbetween their baseline and follow-up survey 7 years later. Results: Onaverage, men who ran modest (0-24 km/wk), intermediate (24-48 km/wk) orprolonged distances (>_48 km/wk) all gained weight throughage 64,however, those who ran ?48 km/wk had one-half the average annual weightgain of those who ran<24 km/wk. Age-related weight gain, and itsreduction by running, were both greater in younger than older men. Incontrast, men s gain in waist circumference with age, and its reductionby running, were the same in older and younger men. Women increased theirbody weight and waist and hip circumferences over time, regardless ofage, which was also reduced in proportion to running distance. In bothsexes, running did not attenuate weight gain uniformly, but ratherdisproportionately prevented more extreme increases. Conclusion: Men andwomen who remain vigorously active gain less weight as they age and thereduction is in proportion to the exercise dose.

Subject

  • Keyword: Aging
  • Keyword: Training
  • Keyword: Males
  • Keyword: Females
  • STI Subject Categories: 60
  • Keyword: Maintenance

Source

  • Journal Name: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise; Journal Volume: 39; Journal Issue: 5; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 2007

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Report No.: LBNL--59142
  • Grant Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231
  • Grant Number: NIHHL-45652 AND HL-72110 ANDDK066738
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 929016
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc896803
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