2014-07-292009-08-212009-05-07MACEDO, Denise. EFFECTS OF AEROBIC EXERCISE PROGRAMS AND RESISTANCE IN REDUCING FAT ABDOMINAL WOMEN WITH OBESITY. 2009. 89 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde - Medicina) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2009.http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/1760Physical exercise seems to reduce abdominal fat, however new researches comparing different kind of exercises are needed to define efficient training programs. The purpose of the study was to compare the effects of the aerobic training and the resistance training on abdominal fat loss. Participants were 31 overweight women (mean age 44,5 ± 8,6 years) with high level of abdominal fat that do not practice regular physical exercise. The training program of the aerobic group (AG), 19 women, consisted of walking and running while the resistance group (RG), 12 participants, consisted of weight lifting exercises. During 10 weeks, participants of both groups (AG and RG) were required to attend three sessions of physical exercise per week. Body weight, height, waist circumference (WC), seven skinfold thickness were assessed and body max index (BMI) and body composition were calculated at baseline and after the exercise intervention. Reduces in WC, total body fat (%BF) and abdominal skinfold thickness (AbST) were statistically significant (p < 0.01) in both groups, despite no significant changes in body weight and BMI. RG showed a higher reduction in %BF (AG = 2.3%; RG = 3.1%), WC (AG= 1.9%; RG = 2.5%) and AbST (AG = 6.6%; RG = 6.8%), however there were no significantly differences between the values of the two training groups. In conclusion, the results of the study demonstrate that 150 to 210 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise or progressive resistance training produces abdominal fat and total body fat losses among overweight and obese womenapplication/pdfAcesso Abertoexercício físico, circunferência da cintura, obesidade abdominalabdominal fat, physical exercise, waist circumferenceCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDEDissertação