Effects of Walking Speed on Total and Regional Body Fat in Healthy Postmenopausal Women

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 14; no. 3; p. 627
• Main Authors: La New, Jacquelyn M, Borer, Katarina T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 31.01.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Abdomen; abdominal fat loss; Adipose Tissue; Body composition; Body fat; Body mass; Body mass index; Body weight; Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry; Energy; Energy expenditure; Exercise - physiology; Exercise intensity; Female; Humans; Hypotheses; Impulses; Lean body mass; Menopause; Obesity; Physical fitness; Post-menopause; Postmenopause - physiology; speed of walking; total fat loss; Walking; Walking - physiology; Walking Speed - physiology; Womens health; United States > US; lean body mass; speed of walking; abdominal fat loss; total fat loss

This study had two aims: (1) To confirm the efficacy of exercise speed and impulse (session duration at a given speed) to produce total and abdominal fat loss in postmenopausal women, and (2) compare the exercise speed and impulse necessary for the stimulation of fat loss to the suppression of bone...