Nutrition
B · Reasonable confidenceEating less and exercising with overweight near retirement age
Subject: Nutrition and exercise for body composition around retirement age
What this means
Cutting calories together with resistance or mixed training and high protein worked best for nearly all outcomes. Cutting calories alone reduced fat less and tended to lower muscle mass.
Eglseer D, Traxler M, Embacher S, Reiter L, Schoufour JD, Weijs PJM, Voortman T, Boirie Y, Cruz-Jentoft A, Bauer S; SO-NUTS consortium · 2023 · Advances in Nutrition 14(3):516-538
What does this rating mean?
A solid systematic review with caveats, or consistent indications with a limited scope.
Findings
A comparison of nutrition and exercise interventions for people with overweight around retirement age, with combinations outperforming single interventions.
Who this applies to
People aged 55 to 70 with overweight or obesity.
What to keep in mind
The programmes lasted 8 weeks to 6 months. This review says nothing about longer-term effects.
Practical conclusion for REZA
Supports the combined approach precisely for the age group that makes up most of REZA's clients.
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Methodology
Systematic review with network meta-analysis of RCTs
Original source
DOI: 10.1016/j.advnut.2023.04.001 · PMID: 37028708
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