Journal of Nutritional Disorders & Therapy

João Felipe Pereira Câncio

Publications

• Research Article
  Effects of Interval Training Versus Continuous Exercise on Anthropometric and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Markers in Obese Women
  Author(s): Cloud Kennedy Couto de Sá, Mário César Carvalho Tenório, Mariana Matos Freitas, Gaya Ribeiro Ruas, João Felipe Pereira Câncio, Luiz Agnaldo Pereira de Souza and Ana Marice Teixeira LadeiaCloud Kennedy Couto de Sá, Mário César Carvalho Tenório, Mariana Matos Freitas, Gaya Ribeiro Ruas, João Felipe Pereira Câncio, Luiz Agnaldo Pereira de Souza and Ana Marice Teixeira Ladeia
  
  The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that interval training (IT) is as effective as continuous exercise (CE) in reducing markers of obesity in women with abdominal obesity and low cardiorespiratory capacity. Twenty-one women with central obesity (mean ± SD: 47±11 years old; 95.7±9.8 cm of waist circumference; 38.8 ± 4.5% body fat) performed CE (-20% of Ventilatory Threshold - VT) or IT (2 min of stimulus/2 min of recovery +20%/-20% of VT) during a 10 week period, 2 times per week, for 20 to 40 minutes per session. Anthropometric data was recorded and cardiorespiratory fitness was measured before and after intervention. After intervention, both groups exhibited reductions in waist circumference (IT group lost 3.3%, P = 0.022; and CE group 3.9%, P = 0.015), waist/height ratio (IT group lost 3.4%, P = 0.018; a.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0509.S2-002

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