Can the exercise mode determine lipid profile improvements in obese patients?

• Published in: Nutrición hospitalaria : organo oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 607 - 617
• Main Authors: Romero Moraleda, Blanca, Morencos, Esther, Peinado, Ana Belén, Bermejo, Laura, Gómez Candela, Carmen, Benito, Pedro José
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Spain Grupo Arán 01.05.2013; Arán Ediciones, S. L
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Caloric Restriction; Ejercicio supervisado; Entrenamiento aeróbico; Entrenamiento combinado; Entrenamiento con cargas; Exercise Therapy - methods; Female; Humans; Lipid Metabolism; Lipoproteínas; Male; Middle Aged; Nutrition & Dietetics; Obesidad; Obesity - metabolism; Obesity - therapy; Recomendaciones de actividad física; Young Adult; Obesidad; Entrenamiento con cargas; Obese; Ejercicio supervisado; Strength training; Combined training; Lipoproteínas; Entrenamiento combinado; Lipoprotein; Recomendaciones de actividad física; Aerobic training; Entrenamiento aeróbico
• ISSN: 1699-5198; 0212-1611; 1699-5198
• DOI: 10.3305/nh.2013.28.3.6284

Unfavorable lipid profile is associated with developed cardiovascular diseases. It is necessary to know the beneficial effects of different mode exercises to improve lipid profile. To investigate, in obese men and women, the effect on lipid profile of hypocaloric diet combined with structured exercise programs or recommendations of physical activity. Ninety six obese subjects (59 women and 61 men; 18 - 50 years; BMI >30 and < 34.9 kg/m(2)) were randomised into four supervised treatment groups: strength training (S; n = 24), endurance training (E; n = 26), combined S + E (SE; n = 24), and and received recommendations of physical activity (PA; n = 22). Energy intake, body composition, training variables (VO(2peak), strength index, dynamometric strength index) and blood lipid profile were recorded at baseline and after 24 weeks of treatment. Blood lipid profile improved in all groups. No statistically significant differences in baseline and posttraining values were observed between groups. HDLCholesterol showed no changes. A decrease in LDLCholesterol values was observed in all groups after the intervention (S: 11.2%, E: 10.8%, SE: 7.9%, PA: 10.8%; p < 0.01). S, E and PA subjects showed decrease in triglycerides (S: 14.9%, E: 15.8%, PA: 15.7%; p < 0.01). Total cholesterol decreased in all groups (S: 8.4%, p < 0.01; E: 8.8%, p < 0.01; SE: 4.9%, p < 0.01; PA: 8.3%, p < 0.05). All protocols proposed in our study improved blood lipid profile in obese people. There were no significant differences about the effect on the lipid profile between the implementation of a structured training protocol with physical activity professional supervision and follow recommendations of physical activity.