Almond Bites and Metabolic Insights: A 12-Week Crossover Trial in Physically Active Middle-Aged Adults With Overweight or Obesity
between the four intervention groups, time, and their interaction on body composition with random intercepts for participants.Results: The baseline characteristics were similar across the four groups.The linear mixed-effects model revealed significant negative effects for hip circumference in the placebo + HIIT group after 4 weeks ( -6.54, p 0.033).A trend toward a positive effect on BMI was observed in the n-3 PUFA + HIIT group ( 1.21, p 0.098).No significant interactions were observed with other body composition parameters.Conclusions: Preliminary findings indicate a potential benefit of short-term HIIT on body fat distribution, with a slight reduction in hip circumference following 4 weeks of HIIT.The addition of n-3 PUFA with HIIT trending towards improvement in body weight warrants further investigation.
Authors
- Taylor Behl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8821-6997)
- Claire E. Berryman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7841-8226)
- Fuhua Hao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0865-5269)
- Robert C. Hickner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2683-1617)
- Ravinder Nagpal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4250-1749)
- Saiful Singar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3138-6634)
- Holly Clarke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3276-596X)
- Neda Akhavan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1260-0877)
- Gwoncheol Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3778-5895)
- Lynn B. Panton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5138-4022)
- Bahram H. Arjmandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1358-0238)
- Andrew J. Patterson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8338-5652)
- Kallie Dawkins
Institutions
- Florida State University (US)
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas (US)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Flagler College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Developments in Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.107255
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16
Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture