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Rojo-Tirado M.a.AuthorBenito P.j.Corresponding AuthorButragueño J.AuthorCastro E.a.Author

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January 22, 2021
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Body composition changes after a weight loss intervention: A 3-year follow-up study

Publicated to:Nutrients. 13 (1): E164-13 - 2021-01-01 13(1), DOI: 10.3390/nu13010164

Authors: Rojo-Tirado, Miguel A; Benito, Pedro J; Ruiz, Jonatan R; Ortega, Francisco B; Romero-Moraleda, Blanca; Butragueno, Javier; Bermejo, Laura M; Castro, Eliane A; Gomez-Candela, Carmen

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Hospital Universitario La Paz - Author
Servicio Médico Real Federación Española de Futbol - Author
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción - Author
Universidad de Granada - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
‎ Autonomous Univ Madrid, Dept Educ Fis Deporte & Motricidad Human, Appl Biomech & Sports Technol Res Grp, Madrid 28049, Spain - Author
‎ La Paz Univ Hosp, Hosp La Paz Hlth Res Inst IdiPAZ, Nutr Dept, Madrid 28046, Spain - Author
‎ Real Federac Espanola Futbol, Calle Ramon & Cajal S-N, Madrid 28232, Spain - Author
‎ Univ Catolica Santisima Concepcion, Fac Educ, Dept Sports Sci & Phys Conditioning, Concepcion 4090541, Chile - Author
‎ Univ Granada, Sch Sport Sci, Dept Phys Educ & Sport, Granada 52005, Spain - Author
‎ Univ Politecn Madrid, Fac Ciencias Act Fis & Deporte, Dept Hlth & Human Performance, LFE Res Grp, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
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Abstract

© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Studies comparing different types of exercise-based interventions have not shown a consistent effect of training on long-term weight maintenance. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of exercise modalities combined with diet intervention on body composition immediately after intervention and at 3 years’ follow-up in overweight and obese adults. Two-hundred thirty-nine people (107 men) participated in a 6-month diet and exercise-based intervention, split into four randomly assigned groups: strength group (S), endurance group (E), combined strength and endurance group (SE), and control group (C). The body composition measurements took place on the first week before the start of training and after 22 weeks of training. In addition, a third measurement took place 3 years after the intervention period. A significant interaction effect (group × time) (p = 0.017) was observed for the fat mass percentage. It significantly decreased by 5.48 ± 0.65%, 5.30 ± 0.65%, 7.04 ± 0.72%, and 4.86 ± 0.65% at post-intervention for S, E, SE, and C, respectively. Three years after the intervention, the fat mass percentage returned to values similar to the baseline, except for the combined strength and endurance group, where it remained lower than the value at pre-intervention (p < 0.05). However, no significant interaction was discovered for the rest of the studied outcomes, neither at post-intervention nor 3 years later. The combined strength and endurance group was the only group that achieved lower levels of fat mass (%) at both post-intervention and 3 years after intervention, in comparison with the other groups.

Keywords

AdolescentAdultBody compositionBody weightExerciseFemaleFollow-up studiesHumansIntervention studyMaleMiddle agedNutritionObesityOverweightPrevalenceWeight lossYoung adult

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Nutrients due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 15/90, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Nutrition & Dietetics.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.61, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Sep 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-09-30, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 8
  • Scopus: 10
  • Europe PMC: 2

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-09-30:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 131.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 129 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 81.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 77 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 3 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Chile; Granada; Sudan.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (ROJO TIRADO, MIGUEL ANGEL) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been BENITO PEINADO, PEDRO JOSE.