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Text: The effect of exercise training (five 45-min walking sessions/wk at 60-75 % maximum heart rate) and/or moderate energy restriction (4. 19-5. 44 MJ or 1, 200-1, 300 kcal x d (-1)) on innate and adaptive immunity (including mitogen-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation (MSLP), natural killer cell activity (NKCA), and monocyte and granulocyte phagocytosis and oxidative burst (MGPOB) was studied in obese women (N = 91, age 45. 6 + / - 1. 1 yr, body mass index 33. 1 + / - 0. 6 kg x m (-2)) randomized to one of four groups : control (C), exercise (E), diet (D), exercise, and diet (ED).