| Relationship between Selected Serum Metallic Elements and Obesity in Obese Boys after Arginine Supplementation and High Intensity Training |
| Paper ID : 1160-SSRC-13TH |
| Authors |
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Tohid Mabhout moghadam1, Samaneh Farahati *2 1Department of sport sciences, Khavaran Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad,Iran 22. Assistant Professor of Exercise Physiology, Department of Sport Sciences, Sadjad University, Mashhad, Iran. |
| Abstract |
| Obesity is one of the most important health problems in many countries which increase the incidence of cardiovascular diseases. Obesity is a violation of carbohydrate and fat metabolism, which further affects the micronutrient status. Obese people are at greater risk of developing zinc, copper, magnesium deficiency. Although cardiovascular findings are specific to adulthood, but identification of cardiovascular risk factors in childhood is necessary to prevent damage to target organs in adulthood. In this study 20 obese adolescents were divided into two groups based on their aerobic power: 1) HIT and placebo (n=10) and HIT and arginine supplementation (n=10). The interventions were performed for eight weeks. Before intervention of exercise protocol and 48 hours after the last training session, body composition indices (fat mass, fat-free mass, body mass index) and serum levels of magnesium, copper and zinc were evaluated in both groups. The collected data were analyzed by analysis of variance and regression tests (P≤0.05). The SPSS software version 16 was used. The results showed that the values of body mass index and fat mass in both intervention groups had a significant decrease and fat-free mass increased significantly in both groups. However, there was no significant difference between body composition indices between the two groups. The results also showed that there is a negative significant correlation between changes in zinc, magnesium with fat mass. There is a significant positive correlation between serum copper and magnesium levels with fat-free mass. According to the results of the present study and the negative significant relationship between zinc and magnesium levels with fat mass. Serum magnesium and zinc may be involved in the regulation of body size. Obese and overweight may be at a greater risk of developing imbalance (mainly deficiency) of trace elements, which may be playing an important role in the pathogenesis of obesity and related metabolic risk factors. Due to the increasing prevalence of obesity and the high prevalence of endocrine and metabolic disorders in obese people, it is necessary to carefully examine the micronutrient status in obese children. |
| Keywords |
| childhood, obesity, overweight, normal weight, zinc, magnesium, copper. |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |
