Do Overweight and Obese Individuals Select a “Moderate Intensity” Workload When Asked to Do So?

Table 1

Descriptive characteristics of the subject separated by gender.

	Females (𝑛=24)	Males (𝑛=9)
	(16 obese/8 overweight)	(5 obese/4 overweight)
Age (yr)	41.7 ± 1.5	43.3 ± 2.2
	(26–50)	(30–50)
Height (cm)	164.5 ± 1.2	180.7 ± 1.7*
	(153–175)	(173–191)
Weight (kg)	89.2 ± 2.9	101.6 ± 5.6*
	(69–123)	80–137)
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	33.1 ± 1.1	31.1 ± 1.3
	(27–48)	(27–40)
% body fat	35.6 ± 2.0	26.3 ± 2.3*
	(27–48)	(20–48)
VO2 peak (mL/kg/min)	27.0 ± 1.2	37.3 ± 2.4*
	(18–42)	(27–45)

^∗𝑃<0.05 between genders. Mean ± standard error (range of values).