Compare the Effect of Different Physical Programs on the Body Composition of Adult Women and Men With a Total Body Fat Percentage ≥ 30 % at the Beginning of the Test or BMI ≥25

Weight loss by exercise can be frequently deceptive. The focus continues to be centred around total body weight and body mass index (BMI), despite the fact that body fat and fat-free mass are the indicators that represent the greatest risk in the comorbidity associated with obesity. Body weight per se cannot be considered to be reliable; however, its quality can be justified, when measured together with the loss in body fat and the maintenance or increase in fat-free mass.

The purpose of the study is compare the effect of different physical programs (FA) on the body composition (BC) of adult women with a total body fat percentage ≥ 30 % and adult men with a BMI ≥25 at the beginning of the test.

Participants (n=220, women = 110, men = 110) will be recruited through outpatient from private clinics in Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain, as well as through community presentations. Overweight or obese and sedentary women and men will be randomly assigned into three groups according to different levels of AF. 21 of the participants will be assigned to the sedentary control group (METs <2.9), 20 in a group of moderate AF (METs 3-5.9), and 19 will be assigned to the group of intense AF (METs >6).

For 6 months, all of the women shall follow the same diet with an identical distribution of macronutrients. There will be a weekly check up of weight, fat, body water and muscle mass for all of them.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having a body fat percentage >30
• Having a BMI >25
• Being sedentary and
• Have not been submitted to a restrictive diet in the 6 months preceding this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Suffered from type 2 diabetes or renal conditions
• Being pregnancy or attempt at pregnancy,
• Being in a maternal lactation period,
• Being underage
• Undergoing antidepressant pharmacological treatment