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ABSTRACT Background Obesity is a well known risk factor for the development of metabolic abnormalities. However, some obese people are healthy and on the other hand some people with normal weight have adverse metabolic profile, therefore it can be assumed that there is a difference in physical characteristics amongst these people. The aim of this study was to establish whether there are somatotype differences between metabolically healthy and metabolically obese women who are obese or of normal weight. Subjects and methods Study included 230 women aged 44.76 ± 11.21y. Metabolic status was assessed according to IDF criteria, while somatotype was obtained using Heath & Carter method. Results Significant somatotype differences were observed in the group of women with normal-weight: metabolically healthy women had significantly lower endomorphy, mesomorphy and higher ectomorphy compared to metabolically obese normal-weight women (5.84-3.97-2.21 vs. 8.69-6.47-0.65). Metabolically healthy obese women had lower values of endomorphy and mesomorphy and higher values of ectomorphy compared to ‘at risk’ obese women but the differences were not statistically significant (7.59-5.76-0.63 vs. 8.51-6.58-0.5). Ectomorphy was shown as an important determinant of the favorable metabolic profile (cutoff point was 0.80). Conclusion We concluded that, in addition to fat mass, metabolic profile could be predicted by the structure of lean body mass, and in particular by body linearity.
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Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Ideal Body Weight , Metabolome , Obesity/metabolism , Somatotypes , Anthropometry , Blood Glucose/analysis , Body Composition/physiology , Nutritional Status , Obesity, Metabolically Benign/blood , Obesity, Metabolically Benign/classification , Obesity/classification , Risk Factors , Serbia , Triglycerides/analysisABSTRACT
Las personas adultas y mayores deben mejorar su bienestar físico para evitar enfermedades derivadas del envejecimiento. La edad está íntimamente relacionada directamente con el aumento de la masa grasa y peso e inversamente con la talla de las personas. Este estudio muestra las características antropométricas previas a un programa educativo de Pilates y Aeróbica. Doscientas cinco mujeres de la ciudad de Novi Sad (Serbia) con edades comprendidas entre los 40 y 76 años han participado voluntariamente. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que la edad se relaciona con el peso, masa grasa, IMC y talla (p<0,01). Además, las mujeres con un IMC mayor de 25 kg/m2, poseen valores mayores en las mediciones antropométricas, masa grasa y talla (p<0,01). Por último, a medida que aumenta la edad (en intervalos de 10 años), la talla disminuye y la masa grasa aumenta (p<0,05).
Adult and elderly must improve their physical well-being to avoid illness caused by aging. The age is directly related with increasing of body fat and body weight but inversely related with body height. This study shows previous anthropometric characteristics of educational program of Pilates and Aerobic. 205 women from Novi Sad (Serbia) aged between 40 and 76 years participated voluntarily. The results obtained indicate that age is related with body weight, body fat, BMI and body height (p<0.01). In addition, women with BMI over 25 kgxm2 have higher values in anthropometric measures, body fat and body height (p<0.01). Finally, as age is increasing (intervals 10 years) the body height decreases and body fat increases (p<0.05).