Changes of Body Composition and Blood Profiles by 12 - Week Aerobic Exercise in Obese Children

Journal of Exercise Nutrition & Biochemistry 1997;1(2):59-66.

Abstract

We concerned about child and adolescent obesity which is now the big problem of the world including our country. In order to investigate the effects of 12-week aerobic exercise on body composition and blood profiles, twenty obese students in elementary school(male=10, female=10) were selected as subject. They performed aerobic exercise at 60%VO2max for 30minutes a day during 12-week following four times a week respectively. Height, Weight, %body fat, lean body mass(LBM), and skinfolds thickness(triceps, subscapular, and abdominal) were measured as body composition, glucose, total cholesterol(TC), triglyceride(TG), high density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C), and low density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C) were analyzed as blood profile. Body composition and blood profile were beneficially changed by the performence of 12-week aerobic exercise. We carefully suggest that if they exercised more continuously, they could get better health and could prevent the adult obesity.