[[alternative]]EFFECTS OF 12 WEEKS EXERCISE TRAINING AND DIET EDUCATION ON SELECTED PARAMETERS OF OVERWEIGHT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

[[abstract]]The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of 12 weeks exercise training and diet education on selected parameters of overweight university students. Thirty six untrained healthy students and BMI >24 were recruited as subjects from the National Ping Tung Teachers College and assigned to three groups. The training group (Group E), exercise training and diet education group (Group E+D) and control group (Group C) included 6 male and 6 female, 5 male and 7 female and 8 male and 4 female, respectively. All the subjects were asked to maintain their habitual lifestyle throughout the whole period of the study. The 12 weeks exercise training program was performed 3 days per week, duration increased from 20 to 45 minutes gradually each session at 70% of VO2peak of bicycle exercise. All subjects underwent the following measurements: weight(WT), body mass index(BMI), VO2peak, percent body fat(PBF) by underwater weight, visceral adipose tissue (VAT), subcutaneous adipose tissue(SAT) and total abdominal fat(TAF) assessment by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and blood lipid profiles were evaluated before, after 12 weeks exercise training and follow 12 weeks detraining. The data were analyzed by one-way ANCOVA and Two-way analysis of variance(Group×time) with repeated measures to examine any changes after training and follow detraining. Within and among the trail, a statistical decrease (p<0.05) in WT, BMI, PBF, Insulin, VAT, SAT and TAF was observed in Group E+D. An increase (p