Effect of the Health Tourism weight loss programme on body composition and health outcomes in healthy and excess-weight adults

The British Journal of Nutrition

Makiko Toguchi^4¹  Yosuke Yamada^6²  Naoyuki Ebine^7³  Yasuki Higaki^8^9⁴  Yukiko Machida^5⁵  Hiroaki Tanaka^8^9⁶  Kayoko Shizuma^3⁷  Hiroyuki Sagayama^1^2⁸  Hiroji Mizuhara^5⁹ 

[1] Career Vision Company,2-5 Shimomaiso Moji-ku,Kitakyushu-shi,Fukuoka 800-0051,Japan^3;Department of Nutritional Science,National Institute of Health and Nutrition,National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition,1-23-1 Toyama Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo 162-8636,Japan^6;Doshisha University,1-3 Miyakodani Tatara,Kyotanabe-shi,Kyoto 610-0394,Japan^7;Fukuoka University Institute for Physical Activity,8-19-1 Nanakuma Jonan-ku,Fukuoka-shi,Fukuoka 814-0180,Japan,^8;Fukuoka University Institute for Physical Activity,8-19-1 Nanakuma Jonan-ku,Fukuoka-shi,Fukuoka 814-0180,Japan^5;Fukuoka University,8-19-1 Nanakuma Jonan-ku,Fukuoka-shi,Fukuoka 814-0180,Japan^9;Japan Institute of Sports Sciences,3-15-1 Nishigaoka Kita-ku,Tokyo 115-0056,Japan^2;Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,Kojimachi Business Center Building,5-3-1 Kojimachi Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo 102-0083,Japan,^1;Nutritional Section,Rokuto Orthopedic Clinic,46 Onoyama-cho,Naha-shi,Okinawa 900-0026,Japan^4

关键词: Health tourism;    Weight loss;    Total energy expenditure;    Energy intake;    Energy balance;    Excess weight;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S0007114518000582

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

Excess weight loss while minimising fat-free mass (FFM) loss is important for health. Travel is a particular period at risk for weight gain and for which the effects of a short-term intensive weight loss programme have not been studied. Therefore, we studied the effect of a novel, 1-week supervised health travel programme combining high volume, low-to-moderate intensity exercise and energy intake restriction on weight, body composition and health outcomes in adults. Weight was also monitored for 12 weeks after the programme. In all, thirty-six subjects (nineteen men, seventeen women) consisting of sixteen excess-weight (BMI: 27·1 (sd 1·7) kg/m2) and twenty healthy-weight (BMI: 22·3 (sd 1·8) kg/m2) individuals participated. Subjects performed 1 h of slow-paced intermittent jogging three times per d and other leisure activities, whereas consuming only provided foods without water restriction. Body mass significantly decreased from pre- to post-intervention in excess-weight and healthy-weight individuals (−3·5 (sd 1·5) and −3·5 (sd 1·3) %, respectively; P 0·001 for both), and losses were maintained at 12 weeks post-intervention in both groups (−6·3 (sd 3·8) and −1·7 (sd 4·0) %, respectively; P 0·01 for both). Fat mass also significantly decreased in both groups (excess weight: −9·2 (sd 4·6) %: healthy weight: −13·4 (sd 9·0) %; P 0·01 for both), whereas FFM was maintained. Similar improvements were observed for blood biochemistry and pressure in both groups. This short-term weight loss intervention yielded favourable outcomes in both excess- and healthy-weight adults, particularly a 3·5 % weight loss with no significant change to FFM. In addition, participants maintained weight loss for at least 12 weeks. Of multiple programme choices, the Health Tourism weight loss programme’s results indicate that it is a viable option.

【 授权许可】

CC BY