Exercise Training in Obesity-Prone Black and White Women

Overweight premenopausal Black and White women are randomized to either diet-only, diet+aerobic or diet+resistance exercise training. Diet/behavior intervention, with or without the aerobic or resistance exercise training, will be provided throughout the 18 months of study. Major outcomes will include measures of perceived and physiologic difficulty of exercise (cardiac, ventilatory,...

Date First Received: August 29, 2003

Last Updated: February 5, 2008

Verified by: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), February 2008

Clinical Trial Phase: N/A | Start Date: December 2000

Overall Status: Completed

Estimated Enrollment: 231

Brief Summary

Official Title: “Exercise Training in Obesity-Prone Black and White Women”

Condition Keyword(s):

Overweight premenopausal Black and White women are randomized to either diet-only, diet+aerobic or diet+resistance exercise training. Diet/behavior intervention, with or without the aerobic or resistance exercise training, will be provided throughout the 18 months of study. Major outcomes will include measures of perceived and physiologic difficulty of exercise (cardiac, ventilatory, electromyographic responses to standardized exercise tasks); aerobic fitness; strength fitness; and spontaneous free-living energy expenditure (all derived from doubly labeled water). The results will provide insight into the effectiveness of, and the mechanisms by which, different types of exercise training can improve physical fitness, spontaneous engagement in physical activities of daily living and, in turn, weight-loss maintenance.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Prevention, Randomized

Detailed Clinical Trial Description

Overweight premenopausal Black and White women are randomized to either diet-only, diet+aerobic or diet+resistance exercise training. Diet/behavior intervention, with or without the aerobic or resistance exercise training, will be provided throughout the 18 months of study. Major outcomes will include measures of perceived and physiologic difficulty of exercise (cardiac, ventilatory, electromyographic responses to standardized exercise tasks); aerobic fitness; strength fitness; and spontaneous free-living energy expenditure (all derived from doubly labeled water). The results will provide insight into the effectiveness of, and the mechanisms by which, different types of exercise training can improve physical fitness, spontaneous engagement in physical activities of daily living and, in turn, weight-loss maintenance

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

  • Behavioral: Diet
  • Behavioral: Exercise

Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial

  • Normoglycemic
  • BMI between 27-30
  • Non smoker
  • Premenopausal
  • Physically untrained
  • Family history of obesity

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Female

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 21 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: 41 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Clinical Trial Sponsor Information

Lead Sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Additional Information

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 02, 2009

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00067873

Study ID Number: BLKWHT

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00067873

Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

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