Effects of different types of physical activity on prevention and control of obesity

Effects of different types of physical activity on prevention and control of obesity

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of different types of physical activity (gymnastic - G, stretching - STR. Hydrogymnastic - HYD and walking - WALK) over the parameters of body composition (FAT %, Lean Body Mass - LBM and Fat Mass - FM). The results are disposed in the presented table...

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Veröffentlicht in:International Journal of Obesity 2002-08, Vol.26, p.S36-S36
Hauptverfasser: Contin, P C, Tenorio, N, Souza, C P, Sene, MO, Galante, R C, Oishi, J C, Botero, J P, Guerra, RLF, Damaso, A R
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of this study was to compare the effects of different types of physical activity (gymnastic - G, stretching - STR. Hydrogymnastic - HYD and walking - WALK) over the parameters of body composition (FAT %, Lean Body Mass - LBM and Fat Mass - FM). The results are disposed in the presented table: These data suggests that voluntary physical activity should be important to the maintenance of body composition, specially over the older subjects (with a tendency of increased gain of fat mass).
ISSN:0307-0565