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Keep this study
Lead
Biomedical Research Institute of New Mexico
With
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Baylor College of Medicine
Age
65–85
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
65-85 years old
Obese men and women (BMI \> or equal to 30 kg/m2)
Stable weight (±2 kg) during the last 6 mos.
Must be sedentary (regular exercise \<1 h/wk or \<2 x/wk for the last 6 mos.)
Be judged, during the initial screening, to be well motivated and reliable
You may not be if
Any major chronic diseases
Any condition or unstable diseases that would interfere with exercise or dietary restriction, in which exercise or dietary restriction are contraindicated, or that would interfere with interpretation of results that include but are not limited to:
Severe orthopedic/musculoskeletal or neuromuscular impairments that would contraindicate participation in exercise
Visual or hearing impairments that interfere with following directions
Diagnosis of dementia
History of malignancy during the past 5 yr
Recent use of bone acting drugs (e.g. use of estrogen, or androgen containing compound, raloxifene, calcitonin, parathyroid hormone during the past year or biphosphonates during the last two years)
Individuals on insulin or with a fasting blood glucose of \> 140mg/dl, and/or a 2 hour post-glucose of \>250 mg/dl
BMD t-scores of \<-2.3 of the lumbar spine and proximal femur
serum creatinine \>2.0 mg/dl
No commitments, life situations or conditions that would interfere with their participation in the study
