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Effects of twelve weeks program of aerobic training in young male

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2020-12

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Fernández-García, José Carlos
Gálvez-Fernández, Ismael
Gavala-González, Juan

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Research Group on Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (GICAFD). Department of Didactic General and Specific Training. Universidad de Alicante
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a twelve-week aerobic training program on the body composition of overweight or obese young men. The sample consisted of 21 males of 21.86 ± 1.85 years old. The training was carried out for twelve weeks, running it 3 times a week for a period of 60 to 90 minutes. Before and after the program, their weight, height, body mass index, percentage of lean mass, percentage of fat mass through bone densitometry were evaluated. It’s concluded that the aerobic training of twelve weeks of duration in young men with overweight or obesity produces improvements in the studied parameters, being able to influence with this in the improvement of the health and quality of life of these population.

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Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms::Signs and Symptoms::Body Weight::Overweight
Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases::Nutrition Disorders::Overnutrition::Obesity
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena::Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena::Musculoskeletal Physiological Processes::Movement::Motor Activity::Exercise
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Physiological Phenomena::Body Constitution::Body Composition::Body Fat Distribution
Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans
Medical Subject Headings::Persons::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Young Adult
Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Male
Medical Subject Headings::Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena::Social Sciences::Quality of Life
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Diagnosis::Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures::Physical Examination::Body Constitution::Body Weights and Measures::Body Mass Index
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Metabolic Phenomena::Metabolism::Energy Metabolism

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Overweight, Obesity, Aerobic training, Fat mass, Weight, Sobrepeso, Obesidad, Ejercicio físico, Distribución de la grasa corporal, Peso corporal, Calidad de vida, Consumo de energía

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Fernández-García JC, Gálvez-Fernández I, Gavala-González J. Effects of twelve weeks program of aerobic training in young male. Journal of Human Sport and Exercise. 2020;15(4), 826-836.