Overweight women using home exercise equipment as part of their exercise regimen lost twice as much weight as their peers who did not have that option but were instructed to do the same type and amount of exercise, according to a recent study by Brown University researchers.
Women with home exercise equipment lost eight more pounds on average than women without the equipment--7.8 kg compared to 3.2 pounds--over the course of the 18-month study. Participants with home exercise equipment also maintained a higher level of exercise throughout the final months of the study.
Although all 115 participants, aged 25 to 45, were instructed to do the same amount of brisk walking for exercise each day, only about one-third had the option of using treadmills installed in their homes. The study was published in the Oct. 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
