Effects of Combined Exercise on Body Composition, Bloods Lipid and Cardiovascular Fitness in Obese Collegiate Students |
Chun-Ho Yang |
HanSeo University |
Correspondence:
Chun-Ho Yang, Email: healthyang@hanseo.ac.kr |
Received: 7 December 2010 • Accepted: 18 January 2011 |
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Abstract |
INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 12wk combined exercise on body composition, lipids and cardiovascular fitness in obese collegiate students. METHOD The subjects were 16(experimental grpoup: 9, control group: 7) obese female students from J college in Jeollabukdo. The combined exercise was 12-week-long multiple training exercise program and analyzed the changes of weight, body mass index, body fat rate, blood lipid and cardiorespiratory endurance. Statistical analysis was done by repeated ANOVA(group2 x treatment time3). RESULT The following results were drawn out. After 12wk combined exercise, blood total cholesterol (TC), body mass index (BMI), % body fat, triglyceride (TG) were significantly decreased whereas HDL-C and cardiovascular fitness level were significantly higher than those of control group. CONCLUSION Therefore, the combined exercise positively effects on body composition, lipids and cardiovascular fitness in obese collegiate students. |
Keywords:
Combined exercise, Body composition, Blood lipid, Cardiorespiratory endurance, Obesity |
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