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Table 1.

Changes in RMR reported by selected exercise interventions.

reference	sample	intervention	frequency	length (d)	diet	weight change (kg)	FFM change (kg)	FM change (kg)	RMR change (kcal d⁻¹)	predicted RMR change^a (kcal d⁻¹)	estimated metabolic adaptation (kcal d⁻¹)
Tremblay et al. [26]	14 male monozygotic twins	cycling	2× per day	93	maintain baseline	−5.0	−0.1	−4.9	−138	−50	−88
Byrne et al. [27]	9 sedentary women	walking and resistance training	3–4× per week	140	n.a.	1.7	1.9	−0.2	−53	22	−75
Westerterp et al. [28]	23 men and women	running	4× per week	280	ad libitum	−1.0	2.7	−3.6	−62	−2	−59
Koehler et al. [29]	7 sedentary women	aerobic exercise to increase TDEE by 30%	5× per week	90	maintain baseline	−2.7	−0.1	−2.2	−77	−22	−54
Hand et al. [30]	26 overweight men and women	walking and running to expend 17.5 kcal kg⁻¹ week⁻¹	n.a.	182	maintain weight	−0.4	0.2	−0.4	2	−2	3
Hand et al. [30]	23 overweight men and women	walking and running to expend 35 kcal kg⁻¹ week⁻¹	n.a.	182	maintain weight	−0.6	0.7	−1.0	3	−2	5
Frey-Hewitt et al. [31]	21 overweight men	walking and running	3× per week	365	maintain baseline	−4.1	0	−4.1	−23	−41	18
Martin et al. [32]	61 overweight men and women	walking and running to expend 20 kcal kg⁻¹ week⁻¹	3–5× per week	168	ad libitum	−1.6	−0.1	−1.4	6	−15	21
Martin et al. [32]	59 overweight men and women	walking and running to expend 8 kcal kg⁻¹ week⁻¹	3–5× per week	168	ad libitum	−0.4	−0.3	−0.2	48	−6	54
Koehler et al. [29]	9 sedentary women	aerobic exercise to increase TDEE by 30%	5× per week	90	matched increase in TDEE	−1.1	0.5	−1.1	119	−5	124
Goran & Poehlmann [33]	11 older men and women	cycling	3× per week	56	n.a.	0	0.8	−0.9	167	1.7	165

^aRMR change was predicted using coefficients of 12.4 kcal kg⁻¹ for changes in FFM and 9.9 kcal kg⁻¹ for changes in FM, respectively (https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/80.5.1379).