Methods of Weight Loss in Overweight Coronary Patients

Overview

We hypothesize that a combination of high-caloric expenditure exercise and behavioral weight loss counseling would lead to a greater loss of fat mass and a greater improvement in cardiometabolic risk factors that standard (lower caloric expenditure) cardiac rehabilitation exercise plus counseling.

We hypothesize that a combination of high-caloric expenditure exercise and behavioral weight loss counseling would lead to a greater loss of fat mass and a greater improvement in cardiometabolic risk factors that standard (lower caloric expenditure) cardiac rehabilitation exercise plus counseling. The study population consists of overweight (BMI \>27) patients with established coronary heart disease. The exercise and counseling program was of 4 months duration with extended follow up at 1 year.

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