Energy balance
Increasing exercise volume from 3 sessions/week to 6 sessions/week further reduces fat mass and visceral adipose tissue, although the difference in fat-free mass preservation between 3 and 6 sessions was not statistically significant for absolute fat-free mass kg.
Even 3 days of exercise per week, combined with diet, significantly improves fat loss compared to diet alone. You do not need 6 days to see benefits, but 6 days provides greater fat loss and better muscle preservation.
The difference in FMpp between HED and MED was -1.8pp [95% CI -3.9 to 0.4]; p=0.11).
Why this rating
RCT data, though the difference between MED and HED was not statistically significant for the primary outcome (FMpp).
Source
Adding Different Exercise Training Volumes to a Diet-Induced Weight Loss Facilitates Fat Loss and Maintains Fat-Free Mass in a Dose-Depending Fashion in Persons with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: Secondary Findings from the DOSE-EX Multi-Arm, Parallel-Group, Randomized Trial
Mark Lyngbæk et al. · medRxiv · 2023
DOI 10.1101/2023.06.04.23290749
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