Exercise and adult women’s health Amos Pines

Be fit – be healthy Be fit – be healthy Ordinary exercise testing Walk test Ways to measure fitness: Parameters used to measure the intensity of exercise: Heart rate Oxygen consumption (VO 2 ) Energy expenditure (METs or k/cal spent during a time unit)

Measuring energy expenditure 1 Metabolic Equivalent Task (MET) = calories spent while resting (the individual basal metabolic rate (BMR) is adjusted for body size) The intensity of physical activity is measured by METs per time unit: 2 METs/h means spending twice the calories needed at rest during 1 hour

Exercise improves cardiovascular risk profile Body mass index Total, abdominal (subcutaneous and visceral) fat Waist circumference Glucose metabolism/insulin resistance Blood pressure Lipids Endothelial function/intima-media thickness IMPROVED

Control (n = 13)Exercise (n = 10) PrePostPrePost Body weight (kg)73.7 ± ± ± ± 2.83* Lean body mass (kg)41.7 ± ± ± ± 1.7 Fat mass (kg)30.0 ± ± ± ± 3.5* % Body fat42.3 ± ± ± ± 2.0* BMI (kg/m 2 )27.1 ± ± ± ± 1.4* Waist-hip ratio0.84 ± ± ± ± 0.02 VO 2 -max (ml/kg/min)26.5 ± ± ± ± 2.8* MHR (bpm)165 ± ± ± ± 3.7 MRQ1.19 ± ± ± ± 0.03 Benefits of exercise in postmenopausal women Benefits of exercise in postmenopausal women Santa-Clara H, et al. Metabolism 2006;55:1358–64 Values are mean ± SE. MRQ, maximal respiratory quotient; MHR, maximal heart rate *p < 0.05 (significant changes with exercise and significantly different from the control group) Age (years)59.1 ± ± 1.8 ˙ 70% maximal heart rate; 45 minutes; 3-4 times weekly for 6 months

Exercise and the Metabolic Syndrome: Effects of exercise on waist circumference, glucose, SBP, DBP, TG, HDL-c DREW Study data. Sedentary, overweight, moderately hypertensive PMW; 6 months of exercise training at 50%, 100%, 150% of the NIH Recommendations for physical activity (4, 8, and 12 kcal/kg of energy expenditure/wk [KKW]) vs. nonexercise controls. Earnest CP, et al. Am J Cardiol 2013;111:

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