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.

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Weight-loss diet alone or combined with resistance training induces different regional visceral fat changes in obese women

Randomized Controlled Trial

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2011 May

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Weight-loss diet alone or combined with resistance training induces different regional visceral fat changes in obese women

Score: 60

DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2010.190

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