IMPACT OF EXERCISE INTENSITY ON ABDOMINAL VISCERAL FAT & THE METABOLIC SYNDROME

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This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The primary purpose of this investigation is to test the following hypotheses in individuals who meet the definition for the 'metabolic syndrome': (1) Sixteen weeks of high-intensity exercise training will result in a greater reduction in abdominal visceral fat and the risk factors associated with the metabolic syndrome than low-intensity exercise training. (2) Those individuals with the highest baseline levels of abdominal visceral fat will demonstrate the greatest reduction in AVF with training as on average, men have elevated AVF levels compared to women, and we hypothesize that a gender difference will be present in response to exercise training. (3) Sixteen weeks of high-intensity exercise training will result in a greater improvement in cognitive function than low-intensity exercise training.