Exercise Effects on Adipose Tissue Structure and Function
Who can join
Ages 18 to 40 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Age: 18-40 * Body Mass Index: 27-45 kg/m2 * No regularly planned exercise/physical activity for at least 6 months * Women must have regularly occurring menses and must be premenopausal Exclusion Criteria: * Evidence/history of cardiovascular or metabolic disease * Medications known to affect lipid or glucose metabolism, or inflammation * Weight instability ≥ ± 6 pounds in the last 3 months * Tobacco or e-cigarette users * Women must not be pregnant or actively lactating
About the study
Participants will be randomized into one of two different experimental groups: 1) Exercise group and 2) No exercise (control group). Subject participation in the study will involve a series of metabolic tests before and after participants undergo a 10% weight loss program (with or without exercise training depending on group randomization). After completing this weight loss portion of the study, participants will then be required to adhere to a high calorie diet program to regain half of the weight the participant lost - followed by the same series of metabolic tests.
What is being tested
- Exercise (behavioral)
- No exercise (behavioral)
Sponsor: University of Michigan · Participants: 46 · Started: Mar 1, 2021
Contact the study team
- Suzette Howton · Phone: 734-647-9850
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04812314
Locations in the U.S.
| Michigan | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.