Study on the Effect of Body Fat Distribution on Weight-losing Treatment / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of body fat distribution on weight-losing treatment.Methods 471 simple obesity patients were divided into two groups: visceral fat normal group and visceral fat excess group, which is according to the visceral fat measured by Inbody720 Body Compositions Analysis. An organized program with energy intake controlling and exercise for one month was taken. Body weight of all patients was measured before and after the program.Results After weight-losing treatment, the losing weight of visceral fat normal group was significantly higher than visceral fat excess group (P＜0.01), and this difference is in existence in both gender (P＜0.05 of male, P＜0.01 of female). There were no gender difference in weight-losing (P＞0.05).The higher the BMI was, the more weight-losing was. There was no age difference (P＞0.05). Conclusions The effect of weight-losing is associated with visceral fat and BMI.