Effects of water walking on the anthropometric and metabolic aspects in young obese individuals

Autor: Maria de Fatima Aguiar Lopes, Paulo Cesar Barauce Bento, Leilane Lazzaroto, André Félix Rodacki, Neiva Leite
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano, Vol 17, Iss 2, Pp 145-155 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1415-8426
1980-0037
DOI: 10.5007/1980-0037.2015v17n2p145
Popis: Water-based exercise has been recommended for obese individuals due to reduced joint load. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of twelve weeks of water walking (WW) with or without nutritional guidance on anthropometric and metabolic variables in young obese individuals. Seventy-three young obese individuals of both genders (10 – 16 years) were randomly assigned in one of the three groups: Water walking and nutritional guidance group (WWN; n=23), Water walking group (WW; n=22) and Control group (CG; n=28). Body mass, height and waist circumference were assessed. Body Mass Index z score (BMI-z) was calculated, also analyzing total blood cholesterol levels (TC) and its fractions, high density cholesterol (HDL-C), low density cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides (TG) and fasting glucose before and after the training program. A two-way repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to compare groups and post hoc Tukey`s test was used for multiple-comparison in case of significant differences. Analysis of covariance was applied when differences were detected in the pretest. The significant level was set at p0.05). Reduction in total cholesterol in the walking group with nutritional guidance was observed (p
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