Influence of Sex on the Changes in Regional Fat and Skeletal Muscle Mass in Response to Exercise Training in Adolescents with Obesity.

CONCLUSION: With the exception of abdominal SAT, there were no sex or exercise treatment differences in the reductions in total and regional fat. In response to RE, the increases in total and regional skeletal muscle were significantly greater in boys than in girls. PMID: 30694699 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Childhood Obesity - Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Tags: Child Obes Source Type: research