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

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 这项研究的主要目的是在符合“代谢综合征”定义的个人身上验证以下假设：(1)16周的高强度运动训练将比低强度运动训练更大程度地减少腹部内脏脂肪和与代谢综合征相关的危险因素。(2)那些腹部内脏脂肪水平最高的个体在训练后AVF的下降幅度最大，平均而言，男性的AVF水平高于女性，我们假设运动训练的反应将存在性别差异。(3)16周大强度运动训练对认知功能的改善作用大于小强度运动训练。

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.