Effect of physical intervention on lipid profile in adult women Efecto de la intervención física en el perfil lipídico de mujeres

Abstract

For World Health Organization (WHO) obesity and overweight are the most common public health problems affecting the world population. What makes it even worse is that they are related to a variety of other diseases including cardiovascular system pathologies. This situation increases the risk of morbidmortality in the population. Women aged between 40 and 50 are prone to obesity and overweight given their physical, physiological and hormone conditions. It is well known that doing regular aerobic physical exercises is good for health since it decreases LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol making people get better. Moreover doing physical exercise is nonexpensive, has no side effects and promotes healthy life habits. In this research it is determined the effects of physical exercise on plasmatic lipid profile rates. It was done with a quasi-experimental study, applied to a group of 28 obese and overweight women. Inclusion criteria are: age (between 40-50), body mass index (BMI), overweight between 25 and 29.9 Kg/m2, obesity between 30 and 39.9 Kg/m2; and morbid obesity more than 40 Kg/m2, to be in full possession of mental and physical faculties, to show an electrocardiogram examination dated within the latest 15 days, taken at the respective health care supply center. The main data obtained show that physical exercise is a regulator of BMI and of blood lipid profile.