OBJECTIVE Swimming is often recommended in the prevention and treatment of hypertension. Few studies have investigated the effect of swimming training on blood pressure (BP). Our objective was to evaluate 6 months of supervised moderate swimming or walking on BP in previously sedentary, normotensive, older women. DESIGN Women aged 50-70 years (n = 116) were randomly assigned to a supervised 6...

Abstract Dyslipidemia and sedentary lifestyle are risk factors for atherosclerotic heart disease. The research objective was to determine the effect of aerobic exercise virgin coconut oil supplementation on lipid profile obese women. subjects were 20 women with obesity, divided into two groups, namely experimental group (doing VCO supplementation) control (only doing exercise) 43.55±2.21 age, 1...

BACKGROUND: Overweight older adults are often counseled to lose weight, even though there is little evidence of excess mortality in that age group. Overweight and underweight may be more associated with health status than with mortality, but few clinical trials of any kind have been based on maximizing years of healthy life (YHL), as opposed to years of life (YOL). OBJECTIVE: This paper examine...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate changes over six years in physical activity and sedentary behavior assessed with accelerometry in a representative sample of Swedish adults. DESIGN A longitudinal study over six years. METHODS The cohort consisted of 1172 participants (46% males) in 2002 and 511 participants (46% males) in 2008, of which 478 (45% males) had valid data on b...

This study was performed with an objective to study the relationship between obesity and AMH as a serum marker of ovarian reserve in premenopausal women. We performed a cross-sectional comparative study of two agematched groups of late premenopausal participants: 50 participants (“non-obese”) had a BMI < 30 kg/m 2 , and the other 50 participants (“obese”) had a BMI of 30 to 35 kg/m 2 .The obese...

Background: Obesity is becoming a severe health problem worldwide. We evaluated the prevalence of obesity in different regions of Turkey, to study the association between BMI and regional nutritional habits and to compare the results with previous epidemiological studies. Method: 13,878 individuals (6,799 males and 7,079 females) were screened in six different regions of Turkey between 2000-200...

INTRODUCTION The accumulation of visceral fat affects the metabolism of hormones and some nutrients, but these mechanisms remain unclear. OBJECTIVE To assess the influence of cortisol on the metabolism of zinc in morbidly obese women. METHOD Cross-sectional, case-control study involving 80 women aged between 20 and 59 years. The participants were divided into two groups: experimental (morbi...

BACKGROUND Most public health guidelines recommend that adults participate in 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on most days of the week. Establishing new ways to achieve these targets in sedentary populations need to be explored. This research evaluated whether the daily use of pedometers could increase physical activity and improve health outcomes in sedentary overweight and ...

Shifts in lifestyles and eating patterns have led to an increasing prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases in the adult population in Mongolia. This article reports the prevalence of obesity, abdominal obesity and body fat among 408 Mongolian adults aged 25 years and above. The subjects included 61.2% from urban areas and 38.8% from rural areas, reflective of the 60: 40 urban rural rati...