The Claim

In older adults with obesity undergoing dietary weight loss, high-intensity resistance and impact training does not significantly improve visceral fat loss compared to aerobic training, with both groups reducing visceral adipose tissue by approximately 32 cm² over 12 weeks.

Source: Resistance and Impact Training During Weight Loss Improves Physical Function and Body Composition in Older Adults With Obesity

What the research says

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In plain English

Among older adults with obesity who are losing weight through diet, high-intensity resistance and impact training and aerobic training result in the same amount of visceral fat loss, approximately 32 cm², after 12 weeks.

See the scientific wording

In older adults with obesity undergoing dietary weight loss, high-intensity resistance and impact training does not significantly improve visceral fat loss compared to aerobic training, with both groups reducing visceral adipose tissue by approximately 32 cm² over 12 weeks.

Why this might work

When a person eats fewer calories, the body breaks down fat stored around internal organs using hormones that signal fat cells to release energy. This process happens the same way whether the person lifts weights or does cardio, because the main driver is the calorie deficit, not the type of exercise. Both types of training help keep muscle from shrinking, but neither changes how much belly fat the body burns during weight loss.

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What the research says

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  1. Study: Resistance and Impact Training During Weight Loss Improves Physical Function and Body Composition in Older Adults With Obesity

    When older adults with obesity lose weight by eating less, both lifting weights and doing cardio burn about the same amount of belly fat — neither is clearly better at it.

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