Aerobic exercise for wight control in obese women

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the aerobic exercise for weight control in obese women. Obesity is known to be closely associated with some major health risk factors, such as coronary heart disease and certain metabolic disorders. The study was conducted on thirty obese women were selected as subjects from Idappadi taluk, Salem District. Subjects were randomly assigned equally in to two groups, Group I underwent Aerobic exercise practices Group (n=15) and Group II (n=15) acted as control Group. The training period was limited to 12 weeks all the two groups were tested on selected criterion variables such as body mass index, percent body fat, abdominal obesity. Body mass index, percent body fat, abdominal obesity between the pre and post test means of Aerobic exercise group were greater than the control group. It was concluded that Aerobic exercise group had significant improvement in the performance of body mass index, percent body fat, abdominal obesity. However control group had no significant improvement in the performance of selected variables.