Why the study?
Does weight reduction improve cardiac parasympathetic activity in healthy obese women?
Population
52 healthy obese women
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 months (subset of 10 remeasured at 12 and 24 months)
Authors
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Weight loss was associated with higher vagal tone in obese women; hypothesis-generating for autonomic benefits, needs RCTs to confirm.
Does weight reduction improve cardiac parasympathetic activity in healthy obese women?
Weight loss in healthy obese women significantly increases cardiac parasympathetic activity, though this benefit may be lost with weight regain.
Rissanen et al. (2001) studied this question.
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