NCT00700245

The Effect of Acute and Chronic Exercise at the Metabolic Syndrome and Markers of Inflammation in Obese Subjects

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Aarhus University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The human adipose and muscle -tissue produce and release a number of bioactive proteins which contributes to the chronic low grade of inflammatory status which is associated with obesity and plays an important role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Study 1: Our aim is to investigate if exercise has independent and additive effects in combination with diet-induced weight loss on circulating levels of inflammatory markers and mRNA levels in subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and skeletal muscle tissue (SM. Study 2: Our aim is to investigate whether gender and weight status plays a role in the metabolic response during two hours of acute exercise

Conditions

• Obesity
• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Exercise-only (EXO-12 weeks of regular supervised exercise without diet restriction)	The exercise intervention for subjects in the EXO consisted of supervised aerobic exercise three times per week with a duration of 60 -75 minutes pr. training session, with an estimated energy expenditure of 500-600 kcal per session. The subjects could choose between different modes of exercise; stationary bicycling, jogging on a treadmill or stair stepping.
BEHAVIORAL	Diet-only (DIO-8 weeks of very low energy diet (VLED 600 kcal/d) followed by 4 weeks weight maintenance diet	Subjects in the DIO group were prescribed a liquid VLED(Nupo, Copenhagen) of respectively 600 and 800 kcal pr. day (proteins 41 g, carbohydrates 29 g, fat 5.6 g. pr 100 gram) for eight weeks followed by a weight maintenance diet for four weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Diet+exercise (DEX-8 weeks VLED 800 kcal/d + a four weeks weight maintenance diet combined with regular supervised exercise throughout the 12 weeks).	The exercise intervention for subjects in the DEX group consisted of supervised aerobic exercise three times per week with a duration of 60 -75 minutes pr. training session, with an estimated energy expenditure of 500-600 kcal per session

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-09-01
• Primary completion: 2008-06-01
• Completion: 2009-03-01
• First posted: 2008-06-18
• Last updated: 2008-06-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark