Hansen will show that implementation of endurance exercise training during energy intake restriction (at least one year) improves the maintenance of adipose tissue mass loss in the long term. However, a more specific selection of exercise training modalities might be instrumental to maximise adipose tissue mass loss during intervention.
In this session, the impact of exercise training modalities on adipose tissue mass loss in obese subjects under energy intake restriction will be reviewed. Healthcare professionals are able to maximise adipose tissue mass loss by prolonging programme duration. Therefore, to attain durable effects on body composition, short-term exercise intervention is suboptimal.
Also, a greater caloric expenditure during exercise seems associated with greater adipose tissue mass loss, on the assumption that caloric intake is not compensatory increased. On the other hand, other exercise intervention modifications do not affect adipose tissue mass loss.
For example, even though the implementation of resistance-type exercise in such programs increases lean tissue mass and resting metabolic rate, the magnitude in adipose tissue mass loss is not affected. Exercise intensity, when controlled for total energy expenditure, does not seem to affect the magnitude of adipose tissue mass loss. This contrasts the widely upheld belief that low-intensity exercise training maximises adipose tissue mass loss by increasing fat oxidation.
More research is warranted to examine the impact of other training modalities on adipose tissue mass loss in the obese: high-intensity interval exercise training, exercise frequency, and exercise session duration/volume.
Generation XXL, 08:30 – 10:00, Room 1, 15 April 2011