Physical Training Per se

Participants were randomly assigned to a 12-week intervention in one of four groups: Training (T), energy-reduced Diet (D), Training and increased- Diet (T-iD) or Control (C). The interventions consisted of: T: increased physical activity through daily endurance training equivalent to 600 kcal/day, unchanged diet; D: sedentary lifestyle, reduced diet by 600 kcal/day primarily through reducing serving sizes and substituting energy dense with less energy dense nutrients; T-iD: increased physical activity through daily endurance training equivalent to 600 kcal/day, increased diet by 600 kcal/day primarily through increasing serving sizes and consuming energy dense nutrients; C: sedentary lifestyle and unchanged diet.