Clinical trial NCT04880525: The Effect of a Weight-Loss Diet in Women Doing Reformer Pilates: A 12-Week Evaluation
Official title: The Effect of a Weight-Loss Diet in Women Doing Reformer Pilates: A 12-Week Evaluation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pilates
Diet
Women
Keywords: Pilates-based exercises
Weight Loss
Diet
Women
Body composition
Lead sponsor: Izmir Katip Celebi University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-05-10
Enrollment: 49
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: For a period of 12 weeks, subjects in the Study Group (SG) and Control Group (CG) groups received three 45-minute sessions of Pilates exercises per week.

Study Group: In addition to Pilates, she followed a three-month weight-loss diet based on Turkey Dietary Guidelines, as prescribed by the dietician. These diet plans were designed to ensure that carbohydrates provided 45-60% of the energy, protein provided 10-20%, and fat provided 20-35 percent.

Control Group: The women in the control group did only reformer pilates for three months. They were followed up for not applying any diet.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of a weight-loss diet on body composition in women who practice reformer pilates for 12 weeks. It compares dietary habits and macro and micronutrient intakes in subjects with and without a weight-loss diet at the start and end of the study.

Detailed description: The effect of a weight-loss diet on body composition in women reformer pilates for 12 weeks was compared in this study. It compares dietary habits and macro and micronutrient intakes in subjects with and without a weight-loss diet at the start and end of the study.

A total of 49 women (18 years old) were randomly assigned to one of two groups: control (CG: reformer pilates; n=23) or study (SG: reformer pilates + weight-loss diet; n=26). Subjects in both groups did pilates for 45 minutes three times a week for a total of 12 weeks. At the start and end of the study, their body weight (kg), waist circumference (cm), hip circumference (cm), neck circumference (cm), mid-upper arm circumference (cm), and body composition \[body fat (% ), body water (% ), body muscle (% )\] were all measured. Their waist/height ratio and body mass index (kg/m2) were also measured at the start and end of the study. All subjects' dietary habits were questioned, their 24-hour retrospective food consumption was recorded, and their physical activity levels were assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (Short Form).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Agree to participate in the study
* Being in the age range of 18-65
* Female
* Not a regular Pilates practitioner, and physically independent to perform basic daily activities

Exclusion Criteria:

* Refuse to participate in the study
* Being younger than 18 or over 65
* Male
* A regular Pilates practitioner
* Not being suitable for physical activity

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in anthropometric measurements
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Change in body composition
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Food consumption
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Physical activity levels
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Izmir
country: Turkey
facility: Izmir Katip Celebi University
state: Cigli
Study officials:
affiliation: Izmir Katip Çelebi University
name: Çağla Ayer, M.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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