Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Basic Science

Introduction: Metabolic complications of obesity are rising not only in developed countries but also in non developing countries. In fact, obesity can be presented as (new world syndrome) the greatest health problem in the modern industrial world. Purpose: to investigate the influence of aerobic exercise and resistance training in management of obese females. Methods: Forty-five obese females participated in this study .obese females were divided randomly into three groups; group ( A) , (B), and (C) , fifteen obese females in each group. Group (A) received aerobic exercise only, group (B) received resistance exercise only, and group (C) received combined (aerobic and resistance) exercise. The study lasted for four weeks, Fasting lipid profile was measured before and at the end of the study for the three groups. Results: statistical analysis revealed that there was a significant improvement in blood lipid profile in the three groups with a greatest improvement to group (c), Total serum cholesterol showed a statistical significant decrease after the program in group (A) with change percentage 2.45%, group (B)with change percentage 4.99 % and group (C) with change percentage 8.13 %. Serum triglyceride showed a statistical significant decrease after program in group (A) with change percentage 5.16 %, group (B) 7.49 and group (C) 11.98% . Low density lipoprotein showed a statistical significant decrease after program in group (A) with change percentage 5.17 % , group (B) 21.4% and group (C)19.53%.High density lipoprotein showed a statistical significant increase after program in group (A) with change percentage 8.78 %, group (B) with change percentage 22.3 % and group (C) with change percentage 35.46 %

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