Curves Study Published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 2011 Part I

A number of commercial diet and exercise programs are

promoted to help people lose weight and improve fitness.

However, few studies have compared the effects of

following different types of exercise and diet interventions

on weight loss. The purpose of this study was to

compare the efficacy of a more structured meal plan

based diet intervention and supervised exercise program

to a traditional point based diet program with weekly

counseling and encouragement to exercise.

Results indicate that 16-wks of participation in the C program that involved a more structured meal plan based diet and supervised exercise program promoted more favorable changes in body composition than participation in the W program that involved adherence to a point based diet, weekly counseling, and encouragement to increase physical activity.