Effect of jogging and low calorie diet on body weight loss and fat percentage among overweight women

Malaysia has growing health problem and increase rate of community with chronic diseases which relate to overweight due to lifestyle changes such as decrease physical activity, increase sedentary behaviour and unhealthy eating habits. This study aims to compare between the effects of exercise alo...

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Main Author: Zahari, Siti Norishah
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Published: 2018
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spelling my-usm-ep.484792021-03-01T08:44:51Z Effect of jogging and low calorie diet on body weight loss and fat percentage among overweight women 2018 Zahari, Siti Norishah R Medicine Malaysia has growing health problem and increase rate of community with chronic diseases which relate to overweight due to lifestyle changes such as decrease physical activity, increase sedentary behaviour and unhealthy eating habits. This study aims to compare between the effects of exercise alone and diet alone on body weight loss and fat percentage among overweight women. A total of ten sedentary and overweight women (N = 10) were recruited in this study and were randomly assigned into either exercise group (n = 6) or diet group (n = 4). During the four weeks of the intervention period, participants in the exercise group performed jogging five times per week (30 min per session) at 60-80% of maximum heart rate (HRmax) intensity while participants in the diet group consumed low calorie diet throughout the 4 weeks of the study duration. The measurements of body weight and body fat percentage of all the participants were measured before and after the intervention period. As a result, it was found that there was no significant difference (p > 0.05) on body weight loss between groups after the 4 weeks of intervention period. However, body weight loss was greater in the exercise group compared to the diet group. There was a significant decrement (p = 0.008) of body fat percentage in the exercise group after the 4 weeks of the intervention period but not (p = 0.361) in the diet group. As a conclusion, this study found that diet is more effective inreducing body weight while exercise is a more effective way to shed excessive body fat. 2018 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/48479/ http://eprints.usm.my/48479/1/Dr.%20Siti%20Norisha%20Zahari-24%20pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
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Zahari, Siti Norishah
Effect of jogging and low calorie diet on body weight loss and fat percentage among overweight women
description Malaysia has growing health problem and increase rate of community with chronic diseases which relate to overweight due to lifestyle changes such as decrease physical activity, increase sedentary behaviour and unhealthy eating habits. This study aims to compare between the effects of exercise alone and diet alone on body weight loss and fat percentage among overweight women. A total of ten sedentary and overweight women (N = 10) were recruited in this study and were randomly assigned into either exercise group (n = 6) or diet group (n = 4). During the four weeks of the intervention period, participants in the exercise group performed jogging five times per week (30 min per session) at 60-80% of maximum heart rate (HRmax) intensity while participants in the diet group consumed low calorie diet throughout the 4 weeks of the study duration. The measurements of body weight and body fat percentage of all the participants were measured before and after the intervention period. As a result, it was found that there was no significant difference (p > 0.05) on body weight loss between groups after the 4 weeks of intervention period. However, body weight loss was greater in the exercise group compared to the diet group. There was a significant decrement (p = 0.008) of body fat percentage in the exercise group after the 4 weeks of the intervention period but not (p = 0.361) in the diet group. As a conclusion, this study found that diet is more effective inreducing body weight while exercise is a more effective way to shed excessive body fat.
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author Zahari, Siti Norishah
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title Effect of jogging and low calorie diet on body weight loss and fat percentage among overweight women
title_short Effect of jogging and low calorie diet on body weight loss and fat percentage among overweight women
title_full Effect of jogging and low calorie diet on body weight loss and fat percentage among overweight women
title_fullStr Effect of jogging and low calorie diet on body weight loss and fat percentage among overweight women
title_full_unstemmed Effect of jogging and low calorie diet on body weight loss and fat percentage among overweight women
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