Canadian University carries out resistance training for men living with Obesity

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The University of New Brunswick is commencing recruitment for the clinical trial of the Resistance Training for Men Living With Obesity.

Emerging evidences suggest that alternative obesity management strategies need to address gender preferences to adopt healthier lifestyles such as resistance training. It is hypothesized that more men living with obesity who will be exposed to a novel resistance circuit training program (RT+) for 12 weeks will more physically active, 48 weeks after the intervention compare with people who will not exposed to RT+ program.

Sixty men living with obesity will be recruited and randomly assigned to either a standard care group or an intervention group. Eligible participants will be age 19 years or older, living with obesity (BF ≥ 28%), able to perform exercises, but not currently engaged in regular physical activities (150 min of moderate to vigorous aerobic activities + two sessions of RT per week). Participants will be asked to maintain their current dietary habits within the duration of the project.

A new clinical trial is recruiting patients in the following locations: Canada.

The trial officially began on the September 22, 2020 and is planned to complete on September 2021.

The patients taking medications that can cause to change heart rate cannot be enrolled into the study.

The link to the complete study profile: https://ichgcp.net/clinical-trials-registry/NCT04680455

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