> average age 72.0 years, body mass index 25.8

Careful before you assume you'll have the same outcomes. That's a group of people who are already fairly light compared to the American populace, and likely are suffering from sarcopenia of sorts and have low potential to gain much more muscle. (Protein absorption, hormone profile)

> Dietary intake was assessed using a 3-day food diary at baseline and analysed for total energy intake (kcal) and macronutrient intake (kcal) by a dietician dietary analysis software (Foodworks, Xyris®, AUS).

So this is both recall + ad libitum. The change could be due to hormone profile, the exercise itself, inadvertent changes in consumption, inadvertent changes in NEAT.

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froobius 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Erm that's higher than the healthy BMI range, so not "fairly light". >25 is considered overweight.

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jerlam 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's still lighter than the average American BMI, which is around 29. On average, Americans are classified as overweight.

	▲	maerF0x0 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes thats what i was referring to, you're both correct on your respective angles.

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tryagainian 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

My BMI is 28.7 at 181cm and 94kg at 45.25 years old.

Am I overweight, not far off obesity?

You probably wouldn’t say so if you saw me.

BMI is mostly only a useful metric when it is.

	▲	maerF0x0 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm with ya at 29.4. I carry a lot more muscle than the average populace, so I'm both high BMI and appear to be "fit" to casual onlookers. But dexa says 26% which is about double what I would like.

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tryagainian 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> NEAT

non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis?

I’m a bit of a fitness enthusiast, but not enthusiastic enough to have come across all the acronyms.