In this descriptive cross-sectional study 14 national basketball team players attending the preparatory camp for the Asian games with mean age of 25. 6 ± 3.1 yrs, height of 191 ± 6 em,w eight of87.3 ±8 .1 kg and BMI of 23.9 ±1.7 were surveyed. The subjects underwent anthropometlic, aerobic power, body fat content and V02max measurements in three stages of the training period (before train...

In rats fed a normal (22 % protein) diet, injection of clenbuterol (1 mg/kg/d for 21 d) did not affect energy intake, energy expenditure or weight gain, but reduced energetic efficiency, and fat and energy gains and increased body protein content. Presenting a low-protein (8 %) diet reduced energy intake, gain and efficiency, body protein content and the mass of the gastrocnemius muscle when co...

Leptin, secreted from fat cells, functions as a lipostat mechanism through modulation of satiety signals. The role of leptin in humans has been only partly revealed. However, obese patients have markedly elevated levels of this hormone, and in both normal-weight and obese subjects there is a direct correlation between serum leptin levels and the percentage of body fat. The aim of the present st...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a 6-month treatment with intragastric balloon (IGB) on body composition and depressive/anxiety symptoms in obese individuals with metabolic syndrome (MS). METHODS Fifty patients (aged 18-50 years) with obesity and MS were selected for treatment with IGB for 6 months. Body composition was verified with dual-energy X-ray absorpt...

Obesity can be defined as an excess of body fat. Its clinical management is complex and frequently unsuccessful [4]. A surrogate marker for body fat content is the Body Mass Index (BMI), which is widely used both for epidemiological studies and clinical evaluations [5]. Among children and adolescents age and gender cut-off values should be used [6]. A better way to define obesity should be in t...

Background and Objectives: Breast milk composition is affected by several factors such as maternal diet and body mass index. Milk fats include a major calorie content of the milk, which changes dramatically throughout the lactation. The aim of the present study was to assess breast milk fatty acid profile in overweight and obese mothers and its correlations with maternal body mass index. Mater...

BACKGROUND Glycomacropeptide (GMP) is a 64-amino acid glycophosphopeptide released from κ-casein during cheesemaking that promotes satiety, reduces body fat, increases bone mass and infers prebiotic and anti-inflammatory effects. The impact of adiposity and gender on bone health is unclear. OBJECTIVE To determine how feeding female mice diets providing 60% Fat Kcal (high-fat) or 13% Fat Kcal ...

PURPOSE Epicardial (EAT) and pericardial (PAT) fat masses and myocardial triglyceride content (MTC) are enlarged in obesity and insulin resistance. We studied whether the high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) similarly decrease ectopic fat in and around the heart and whether the decrease is similar in healthy subjects and subjects with defecti...