In obese women aged 40–60, combining a calorie-restricted diet with resistance training changes where body fat is lost, shifting the greatest reduction from the lower abdomen to the upper abdomen....

For obese women between 40 and 60 years old, losing visceral fat over 16 weeks through a reduced-calorie diet happens at the same rate whether or not they do resistance training. Adding resistance training does not lead to more visceral fat loss than dieting alone.

For women who aren't very overweight, adding aerobic exercise to a calorie-restricted diet doesn't help them lose more fat than just eating less — as long as both groups burn the same total calories over 8 weeks.

A 3-month program with diet changes, strength training, and intense workouts helped older adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes lose fat and keep or gain muscle — and those benefits lasted for at least 6 months after the program ended.

When obese women between 40 and 60 lose weight, the amount of fat lost from different areas of the abdomen is similar, whether or not they do resistance training.

Lifting weights might help older women lose dangerous belly fat and feel healthier overall.