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Physical Exercise in Obesity for Health and Quality of Life.

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Obesity
Overweight or Obesity
Overweight and Obesity
Interventions
Behavioral: exercise training program
Behavioral: Feeding training
Registration Number
NCT05713461
Lead Sponsor
Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Brief Summary

This project aims to develop an intervention on healthy habits based on physical exercise and nutritional education in people with obesity.

It is accepted that exercise and nutrition are keys to controlling body weight. People with obesity frequently present with metabolic syndrome and a low-grade inflammatory state.

It is not known what should be the most effective training load/dose (duration, intensity, type of exercise) to improve health indicators related to metabolic syndrome and lipo-inflammation, and body composition in people with obesity.

A large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be essential to better understand the type and characteristics of training load/dose most effective in counteracting the detrimental effects of obesity.

The aim of this trial in 50 obese women was to answer the following questions:

* Does the training program improve physical fitness?

* Does the training program improve body composition?

* Does the training program improve the state of chronic low-grade inflammation?

* Does the training program improve the quality of life and perceived health?

* Do people with obesity and metabolic syndrome respond in the same way to training?

* what is the effect of four weeks of detraining?

Detailed Description

A female single group, 2-armed ( people with obesity and metabolic syndrome vs people with obesity without metabolic syndrome), investigator-blinded, trial.

The study will last 17 weeks. Week 1 (testing 1: pretest); weeks 2-11 (Intervention: interval training program); week 12 (testing 3: postest); weeks 13-16 (detraining period); week 17 (testing 3: detraining test)

Participants will be allocated (1:1) regarding metabolic syndrome Behavioural: exercise training program Adapted Interval Training Intervention, three days a week, 10 weeks.

Warm-up ≃ 10': Joint mobility and cardiovascular activation.

Main part ≃ 45 min.:

Resistance training circuit for strengthening the main muscle groups.

* Shoulder muscles

* Pectoral muscles

* Knee Flexor-extensor muscles

* hip flexor extensor muscles Between 50-70% 1 RM (estimated). Repetitions 1-2 RIR (Repetition in Reserve). Load Intensity was controlled through RPE (OMNI-RES Scale) between 7-8 out of 10.

The training load will increase while maintaining the same intensity.

Cool down ≃ 5' Flexibility and CORE

Behavioural: Feeding training Two workshops on healthy eating habits (Week 1 and week 5). Food Frequency Questionnaires (weekly). Feedback weekly Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) The dietary intervention will be based on the nutritional recommendations based on the Mediterranean diet, according to the evidence from the PREDIMED trial.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • The recruitment of participants would be carried out through advertising in the press, social networks, and electronic media.

Main inclusion criteria

  • Sex: Female
  • Caucasian
  • Age. women from 35 years to 65 years.
  • BMI: >29
  • Abdominal perimeter: >90 cm women
  • No known Diabetes
  • No known cancer
  • No Known lung disease
  • No known cardiovascular disease
  • No known thyroid disease
  • No known liver disease
  • No known autoimmune disease
  • No other endocrine disorder causes obesity
  • No current treatment with anti-obesity medication
  • No current treatment with anti-inflammatory medication
  • No weight loss of > 5kg within the last 6 months
  • No diagnosis of depression or treatment with anti-depressive medication, ongoing or within the last three months before enrolment
  • No diagnosis of psychiatric disorder or treatment with antipsychotic medication
  • No history of suicidal behavior or ideations within the last three months before enrolment
  • No previous surgical treatment for obesity
  • Not pregnant/considering pregnancy
  • No functional impairments that prevent the performance of intensive exercise
  • Declare a sedentary lifestyle ((< 1,5 hours of structured physical activity per week at moderate intensity)
  • No participation in other research intervention studies
  • Signed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Diagnosis of pathology that involves an inflammatory process in the last year.
  • Objective findings that contraindicate participation in intensive exercise
  • The language barrier, mental incapacity, unwillingness or inability to understand the instruction of the study
  • Not completing 75% of the training sessions

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
FACTORIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
obese women without metabolic syndromeexercise training programWomen with obesity and without metabolic syndrome
obese women without metabolic syndromeFeeding trainingWomen with obesity and without metabolic syndrome
obese women with metabolic syndromeexercise training programWomen with obesity and with metabolic syndrome
obese women with metabolic syndromeFeeding trainingWomen with obesity and with metabolic syndrome
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in body compositionfrom baseline ( 0 weeks) to follow-up (10 weeks) and detraining effects (after 4 weeks sedentary lifestyle)

Body composition by DEXA. Main body composition components:

* Body Fat Mass (g)

* Body Lean Mass (g)

* Body Bone mineral content (g)

* Body Total mass (g)

* Estimated Visceral Adipose Tissue (g)

* BMI: kg/m\^2

Change in physical fitness (aerobic power; VO2max)From baseline ( 0 weeks) to follow-up (10 weeks) and detraining effects (after 4 weeks sedentary lifestyle)

Aerobic power. VO2 max. (estimated from the 6-minute walk test; ml/kg/min)

Change in physical fitness (Coordination; balance)From baseline ( 0 weeks) to follow-up (10 weeks) and detraining effects (after 4 weeks sedentary lifestyle)

Balance test one leg (seconds)

Change in low-grade chronic inflammationfrom baseline ( 0 weeks) to follow-up (10 weeks) and detraining effects (after 4 weeks sedentary lifestyle)

Plasma levels of inflammatory and lipoinflammatory markers

Multiplex Quantitative measurement of 40 human adipokines in plasma (cytokine antibody arrays (pg/ml) :

1. Adiponectin

2. Adipsin

3. AgRP

4. ANGPTL4

5. BDNF

6. Chemerin

7. CRP

8. GH

9. IFNg

10. IGFBP-1

11. IGFBP-2

12. IGF-I

13. IL-10

14. IL-12p40

15. IL-12p70

16. IL-1b

17. IL-1ra

18. IL-6

19. IL-8

20. Insulin

21. Leptin

22. Lipocalin-2

23. MSPa

24. OPG

25. PAI-1

26. PDGF-BB

27. Pepsinogen 1

28. Pepsinogen 2

29. Procalcitonin

30. Prolactin

31. RANTES

32. RBP4

33. Resistin

34. SAA

35. TGFb1

36. TSP-1

37. TNF RI

38. TNF RII

39. TNFa

40. VEGF

Change in physical fitness (resistance; muscular strength)from baseline ( 0 weeks) to follow-up (10 weeks) and detraining effects (after 4 weeks sedentary lifestyle)

* Maximum dynamic strength of the upper body (bench press; kg)

* Lower body maximal dynamic strength (leg press; kg)

* Grip maximal isometric strength (handgrip: kg)

Change in perceived health and perceived quality of lifefrom baseline ( 0 weeks) to follow-up (10 weeks) and detraining effects (after 4 weeks sedentary lifestyle)

perceived health by questionnaire (SF-12). The SF-12 response options are Likert-type scales that assess intensity or frequency.

The number of response options ranges from three to six, depending on the item, and each question receives a value that is later transformed into a scale from 0 to 100.

Change in healthy eating habitsfrom baseline ( 0 weeks) to follow-up (10 weeks) and detraining effects (after 4 weeks sedentary lifestyle)

Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS). MEDAS consists of 12 questions on food consumption frequency and 2 questions on food intake habits considered characteristic of the Spanish Mediterranean diet. Each question was scored 0 or 1.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Biochemistry Determinations In Plasma (protein metabolism)From baseline ( 0 weeks) to follow-up (10 weeks) and detraining effects (after 4 weeks sedentary lifestyle)

PROTEIN METABOLISM Uric Acid (mg/dl) Urea (mg/dl) Creatinine (mg/dl) Bilirubin (mg/dl)

Change eating habitsEvery week, from baseline (0 weeks) to follow-up (10 weeks)

Food Frequency Questionnaires (weekly). Recording the frequency of food consumption per week

Change in Biochemistry Determinations In Plasma (lipidic profile)From baseline ( 0 weeks) to follow-up (10 weeks) and detraining effects (after 4 weeks sedentary lifestyle)

LIPIDIC PROFILE Total Cholesterol (mg/dl) HDL Cholesterol (mg/dl) LDL Cholesterol (mg/dl) Triglycerides (mg/dl)

Change in Biochemistry Determinations In Plasma (glucose metabolism)From baseline ( 0 weeks) to follow-up (10 weeks) and detraining effects (after 4 weeks sedentary lifestyle)

Glycosylated Hemoglobin A1c (%) Insulin (uU/ml) Glucose (mg/dl) Insulin Resistance. HOMA-IR = (fasting insulin (uU/ml) \* fasting glucose (mg/dl)) / 405

Change in Biochemistry Determinations In Plasma (Enzymes of fatigue or muscular damage)From baseline ( 0 weeks) to follow-up (10 weeks) and detraining effects (after 4 weeks sedentary lifestyle)

ENZYMES (Fatigue or muscular damage) Creatine Kinase (UI/L) Transaminases (GOT/AST, GPT/ALT, GGT; UI/L ) C-Reactive Protein (mg/l)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CIRFD Universidad Pablo de Olavide

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Sevilla, Spain

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