Effect of Body Composition, Serum Lipid Level and Resting Metabolic Rate by Nutritional Education and Exercise Program in Middle Aged Women.
- Author:
Jung Sook LEE
1
;
Ji Sun PARK
;
Ga Hee LEE
;
Young Sook KO
;
Eun Kyung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Food Science, Kangnung National University, Korea. ekkim@kangnung.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Resting metabolic rate;
Health-promoted program;
Exercise;
Nutritional education;
Body fat
- MeSH:
Adipose Tissue;
Body Composition;
Fasting;
Female;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Overweight;
Public Health
- From:Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
2008;14(1):64-76
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the change of body composition, biochemical index level, resting metabolic rate and daily activities by the public health center's health-promoted program in overweight middle aged women. The workout program of 12 subjects constituted by exercise(aerobic exercise & resistance training) and nutritional education for 10 weeks. As the results, there was a significant decrease in all the weight(59.0+/-8.9 vs 57.2+/-8.3kg, p<0.05), body fat percentage(33.4+/-4.3 vs 30.5+/-4.5%, p<0.05) and body fat mass(19.8+/-5.4 vs 17.7+/-4.9kg, p<0.05) after program. Fat free mass and RMR which tend to be higher after than before program were found not to be significantly. In addition, the serum HDL-cholesterol(54.3+/-8.1 vs 59.7+/-13.9mg/dl, p<0.05) and TG level(65.2+/-418 vs 89.4+/-65.6mg/dl, p<0.05) of the subjects increased at the end of the study significantly and significant correlation found between total-cholesterol and TG before program. When the other laboratory parameter were compared before and after program, hematocrit(35.1+/-3.3 vs 39.7+/-3.3%, p<0.001), platelet(225.9+/-49.6 vs 244.3+/-49.7cell/ul, p<0.05) and fasting glucose(88.0+/-6.5 vs 76.6+/-9.7mg/dl, p<0.001) increased significantly but hemoglobin(13.3+/-1.3 vs 12.9+/-1.3mg/dl, p<0.01) decreased. And in activities analysis, 'moderate activity(18.8 vs 5.8minutes, p<0.05)' clearly showed a significant decrease but 'severe activity(17.7 vs 11.4minutes, p<0.05)' showed a increase. These results suggest that continuous health-promoted program involved exercise and nutritional education at the public health center are effective to reduce body fat and to improve resting metabolic rate(RMR). Further research is required to develop more effective public health program for the middle aged women in community.