Effect of Aerobic Interval Training Program in Reducing Abdominal Obesity in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

Abstract

Abdominal obesity is the major and most significant component that indicates the presence of metabolic syndrome along with the other factors like hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes mellitus which has become the most throbbing health issue among the urban population in the last decade. This is a pre test and post test quasi experimental study design. A total of 20 patients of age group 25-40 years, both sexes were chosen based on the inclusion criteria and were subjected to aerobic interval training for a total period of 12 weeks. The only outcome measure was abdominal girth as it was the primary component of the metabolic syndrome which was measured before and after interval training program. The data was analyzed by student "t” testing. The results showed significant difference in the pre and post test values of abdominal girth measure for the subjects who underwent aerobic interval training. The study concluded that aerobic interval training was an effective strategy to reduce the abdominal girth measure among individuals with metabolic syndrome.