Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

The Effect of Eight Weeks Aerobic Training and Green Tea Supplementation on Body Fat Percentage and Serum Lipid Profiles in Obese and Overweight Women

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Amir Hossein Haghighi 1
Marzieh Yaghoubi 2
Seyed Ali Reza Hosseini kakhk 1
1 Associate Professor in exercise physiology, Faculty of physical education and sport sciences, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
2 M.Sc in exercise physiology, Faculty of physical education and sport sciences, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
10.22038/mjms.2013.1757
Abstract
Introduction
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of eight weeks aerobic training and green tea supplementation on body fat percentage and serum lipid profiles in obese and overweight women.
Materials and Methods
 A total of twenty obese & overweight females volunteered and were randomly divided in to two groups: experimental group (11 subjects with means of age 38.54 ± 9.44 years, weight 70.68 ± 7.30 kg) and control group (9 subjects with means of age 40 ± 7.51 years, weight 76.22 ± 5.78 kg). Experimental group performed aerobic training and used green tea supplementation for eight weeks. Aerobic training was three sessions in the week and each session was 45 min with 65% - 80% intensity of maximal heart rate. A total of 9 grams Green tea supplementation was used for three times per day. Before and after the exercise period, total data was gathered concerning questionnaire completion of physical activity and diet and taking blood sample. The data were analyzed, using the Kulomograf-smirnof, paired sample T-test, and independent sample T-test.
Results
Combination of aerobic training and green tea supplementation, caused a significant decrease in weight and body fat percentage (P < 0/05), but there was no significant effect on indices of total cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL-C, HDL-C.
Conclusion
Obese and overweight women can loss body weight and body fat percentage by using aerobic training and green tea supplementation. However, dertermining positive effect of aerobic training and green tea supplementation on serum lipid profiles needs further investigation.    
Keywords
Aerobic training
Green tea supplementation
Obese and overweight women
Serum lipid profile
Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 56, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
October 2013
Pages 211-218