걷기운동이 비만중년여성의 건강관련체력과 혈액성분에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The effects of a 12-week walking program on health-related physical fitness and blood components in obese middle-aged women were examined and the following results were obtained. For the health-related physical fitness, there was a significant difference in weight and % body fat for body composition and there was also a significant difference in muscle strength, muscle endurance, flexibility, and cardivascular endurance. It suggests that a walking exercise was very helpful to improve health-related physical fitness and was a very effective program in obese middle-aged women. For the blood components, there was no significant difference in total cholesterol, but there was a significant difference in HDL-C, LDL-C, triglyceride, insulin, glucose, free fatty acid, and leptin. It suggests that a walking exercise had a positive effect on blood components in obese middle-aged women. In conclusion, a walking exercise can be done anytime anywhere without difficulty and reduces weight effectively, improves health-related physical fitness, and changes blood components positively in obese middle-aged women.