The Effect of 8 Weeks of Aerobic Training along with Controlled Diet on Body Composition and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Men
Author(s): Faramarz Yazdani, Alireza Ramazani, Khalil Allah Moomnikh, Sara Nasiri
Abstract
The alteration of food consumption patterns and mechanical life induced the obesity. Therefore, the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases have been increased. The aim of this study was determined the influence of controlled diet and aerobic exercise on weight loss and cardiovascular risk factors in fat men. Forty obese men were divided randomly into four groups of ten people, includes: training (n=10), diet (n=10), training along with diet (n=10), and controls (n=10). Blood samples, height, weight and thickness of subcutaneous fat measured, before, after 4 weeks and at the end of 8 weeks. For the data analyze, the repeated measures ANOVA test was used. The significance level in all tests was (p<0.05. This research showed that, 8 weeks of regular exercise and intervention in diet separately and combinational, caused impressive decreasing in amount of weight and body fat percentage of subjects in comparison with control group. Also 8 weeks of exercise and intervention in diet separately and combinational could decrease the risk of cardiovascular factors in obese men. Overall, the research findings are significant that the aerobic trainings with intervention in diet (combinational) caused the greatest decrease in amount of weight and body fat percentage of subjects and the risk of cardiovascular factors, improved very much, in comparison with using separately.
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