We studied the effect of exercise on circulating adipokine, high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and metabolic parameters in obese young women. Ninety-six healthy Japanese young female students aged 18-23 years were studied. The longitudinal intervention study of a 7-month exercise training program (30-60 min/day, 60-70% HR-reserve, 200-400 kcal, 4-5 days/week) was performed in eight o...

BACKGROUND Asians who have a healthy body mass index (BMI) range have been observed to have higher levels of obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease than whites, which suggests that the relation between BMI and adiposity may be different for Asians. OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this study was to investigate the influence of childhood and adolescent exposure to a westernized environment on ...

Immunoreactive serum leptin was analysed in 49 women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) distributed on a wide range of body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) and in 32 normally menstruating women with comparable age, BMI, physical activity and dietary habits. All women with PCOS had increased androgen concentrations and obese women with PCOS (BMI > or = 25, n=24) also showed decreased insulin sensitiv...

Twenty-five national kabaddi players (Asiad gold medalists 1990), mean age 27.91 years, who attended a national camp at the Sports Authority of India, Bangalore before the Beijing Asian Games in 1990, were investigated for their physical characteristics, body fat, lean body mass (LBM) and somatotype. The physiological characteristics assessed included back strength, maximum oxygen uptake capaci...

Relevance. Maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) is the maximum amount of an individual can breathe in and utilize it to produce energy aerobically. The global epidemic overweight obesity -’globesity’ emerging as a public health problem many parts world. Almost 30-65 % adult urban Indians either or obese has abdominal obesity. Recently, cardiovascular ailments are increasing younger generation. L...

purpose accurate measurement or prediction of fat mass is useful in physiology, nutrition and clinical medicine. most predictive equations currently used to assess percentage of body fat or fat mass, using simple anthropometric measurements were derived from people in western societies and they may not be appropriate for individuals with other genotypic and phenotypic characteristics. we develo...