Tackling Obesity with Smarter Lifestyle Strategies
Obesity is a chronic condition that affects more than one million adults in Norway and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and mental health challenges. While medical and surgical treatments can be effective, they are also costly and invasive. Lifestyle changes remain the cornerstone of treatment, but maintaining weight loss over time is difficult.
Resistance training has emerged as a promising tool because it helps preserve muscle mass during weight loss and may play a key role in preventing weight regain. Yet, we still know little about how combining resistance training with dietary approaches—especially high-protein diets—affects long-term weight loss, health, and appetite control. We also lack insights into how exercise influences eating behaviors, such as cravings and reward-driven appetite.
What We Aim to Do
This project will explore how resistance training combined with a high-protein, calorie-restricted diet can support long-term weight management in people with obesity. Our main goal is to find out whether this approach leads to sustainable fat loss. We will also look at how it affects muscle mass, metabolism, appetite regulation, and quality of life.
Why This Matters
By integrating exercise and nutrition in a new way, this study seeks to develop safe, non-invasive strategies for managing obesity. Beyond weight changes, we want to understand the biological and psychological mechanisms that influence long-term success.
How We Will Do It
We will follow participants closely, measuring body composition, metabolic health,
appetite regulation, and psychological wellbeing. We will then compare the outcomes
of this combined approach with standard dietary interventions.
Through this work, we hope to provide new insights that can lead to effective,
accessible, and sustainable solutions for obesity management—helping more people
achieve long-term health.
Wish to participate?
Contact Marthe Isaksen Aukan for more information marthe.i.aukan@ntnu.no
This project is funded by:
