BACKGROUND Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. It is implicated in the development of a variety of chronic disease states and is associated with increased levels of inflammation and oxidative stress. The objective of this study is to examine the effect of Medifast's meal replacement program (MD) on body weight, body composition, and biomarkers of inflammation and oxid...

Dairy products have previously been reported to be associated with beneficial effects on body weight and metabolic risk markers. Moreover, primary data from the Diet, Obesity and Genes (DiOGenes) study indicate a weight-maintaining effect of a high-protein-low-glycaemic index diet. The objective of the present study was to examine putative associations between consumption of dairy proteins and ...

Background. Adipose tissue secrets various hormones in body such as adiponectin which has close relationship with controlling weight. Objectives. Therefore, the present article determines movement pattern effect of resistance training on adiponectin, in young men. Methods. 40 male untrained students in 23.8±2.66 years old and weight of 67.43±4.96 kg were randomly selected,...

OBJECTIVE This pilot study assessed the short- and long-term effects of a modified cognitive behavioral treatment designed to facilitate obese patients' acceptance of a 5% to 10% reduction in initial weight. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES Participants were 17 women with a mean age of 46.5 +/- 9.7 years and BMI of 34.7 +/- 2.9 kg/m2. They participated in a 40-week program that included four p...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of anabolic steroid stanozolol along with eight weeks of resistance training on structural changes in male rats' liver tissue. for this purpose, 28 male adult wistar rats (age: 12 weeks old and 228.53±7.94 g body weight) were randomly assigned to four groups: group 1: control+placebo (n=7), group 2: resistance training+placebo (n=...

purpose weight loss in wrestling has been found to be an interesting issue for researchers. in this regard, complications of weight loss in wrestlers before the competitions and their weight gain in course of competitions have been debated in previous studies. the objective of this study was to investigate the extent of weight gain and to estimate the percentage of body fat in participants in t...

the present study examined the effect of endurance training on lipid profile, body weight and cardiovascular endurance in normal male rats after bunium persicum extract administration. 40 experimental male rats were divided into 5 groups: control, placebo, endurance training (et), bunium persicum extract administer (bpea) and et – bpea group. the exercise protocol was performed at a speed of 25...

This study examined the effect of 12-week intensive dietary and exercise intervention program on body composition and stress-related hormones in obese women and to examine the residual effect after the intervention. The participants of this study were 30 obese women who had a body mass index of over 25 kg/m2 and over 30% in body fat. They were classified into 2 groups depending on the history o...