| Title | Effects of weight loss and weight loss maintenance on cardiac autonomic function in obesity: a randomized controlled trial. | ||
| Author | McGee, Joshua E; Early, Kate S; Huff, Anna C; Clunan, Marie C; Hursey, Nicole R; Osborne, Briceida; Bucher, Colleen; Tanner, Charles; Brewer, Savanna B; Brophy, Patricia M; Clark, Angela; Pories, Walter J; Matarese, Laura E; Houmard, Joseph A; Collier, David; May, Linda E; McClung, Joseph M; Earnest, Conrad P; Swift, Damon L | ||
| Journal | Appl Physiol Nutr Metab | Publication Year/Month | 2023-May |
| PMID | 37229779 | PMCID | -N/A- |
| Affiliation + expend | 1.Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA. | ||
Caloric restriction and exercise exert significant improvements in cardiac autonomic function as measured by HRV in overweight and obesity. Aerobic exercise training, within recommended guidelines coupled with weight loss maintenance, retains cardiac autonomic function benefits from weight loss in previously obese individuals.