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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 51, 153-157, Copyright © 1990 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Effect of intensity of physical activity on body fatness and fat distribution

A Tremblay, JP Despres, C Leblanc, CL Craig, B Ferris, T Stephens and C Bouchard
Physical Activity Sciences Laboratory, Laval University, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada.

To evaluate the effect of intensity of physical activity on body fatness and fat distribution, observations of 1366 women and 1257 men who participated in the 1981 Canada Fitness Survey were analyzed. Subjects were tested for energy expenditure of leisure-time activities and estimated maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), body fatness was measured by subcutaneous skinfold thicknesses, and anthropometric measurements were made. Subjects of both sexes were categorized into four subgroups on the basis of their participation in leisure-time activities of various intensities. In general, subjects practicing vigorous activities on a regular basis had lower subcutaneous skinfold thicknesses and waist-to-hip ratios (WHRs) than those not performing these activities. These differences remained statistically significant after a covariance analysis was used to remove the effect of total energy expenditure of leisure-time activities on subcutaneous fat and fat distribution. Moreover, the WHR remained significantly lower in subjects performing high-intensity exercise after the effect of subcutaneous fat on fat distribution was adjusted for.


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