Low Fat Loss Response after Medium-Term Supervised Exercise in Obese Is Associated with Exercise-Induced Increase in Food Reward

Table 2

Participant characteristics and changes after medium-term exercise intervention for responders and Nonresponders.

	Wk	Responder	Non-responder	𝑃
Gender (male : female)	—	6 : 14	7 : 7	.25
Age (years)	—	41.4 (8.8)	36.5 (12.3)	.19
Weight (kg)	0	91.5 (11.8)	87.4 (10.1)	.30
	12	85.9 (11.6)	86.5 (10.6)	.88
BMI (kg/m^2)	0	32.3 (4.3)	29.7 (2.2)	.06
	12	30.9 (4.25)	29.3 (2.5)	.23
VO2max (mL/kg/min)	0	30.3 (4.1)	29.4 (2.6)	.52
	12	37.5 (8.7)	35.9 (2.7)	.63
Fat mass (kg)	0	32.9 (9.7)	27.4 (5.3)	.06
	12	27.6 (5.3)	26.0 (6.3)	.60
Lean mass (kg)	0	58.5 (9.3)	60.2 (10.2)	.63
	12	58.4 (9.8)	60.7 (11.0)	.54
Duration of exercise bout (min)	0	58.2 (2.5)	62.7 (2.9)	.25
	12	53.2 (3.4)	56.5 (4.0)	.53
Measured energy expenditure from exercise bout (kcal)	0	527.0 (29.6)	531.0 (44.9)	.89
	12	619.1 (33.0)	616.6 (50.1)	.94
ΔFat mass (kg)	—	−5.3(2.4)	−1.4(1.6)	<.0001
ΔLean mass (kg)	—	−0.2(2.6)	0.5(1.8)	.45