Effects of Exercise Training during Christmas on Body Weight and Cardiometabolic Health in Overweight Individuals

Miguel Ramirez-Jimenez, Felix Morales-Palomo, Juan Fernando Ortega, Alfonso Moreno-Cabañas, Valle Guio de Prada, Laura Alvarez-Jimenez and Ricardo Mora-Rodriguez
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Miguel Ramirez-Jimenez: Exercise Physiology Lab at Toledo, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain
Felix Morales-Palomo: Exercise Physiology Lab at Toledo, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain
Juan Fernando Ortega: Exercise Physiology Lab at Toledo, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain
Alfonso Moreno-Cabañas: Exercise Physiology Lab at Toledo, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain
Valle Guio de Prada: Exercise Physiology Lab at Toledo, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain
Laura Alvarez-Jimenez: Exercise Physiology Lab at Toledo, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain
Ricardo Mora-Rodriguez: Exercise Physiology Lab at Toledo, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 13, 1-13

Abstract: Individuals with abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) have augmented risk of all-cause mortality. Lifestyle interventions are effective to treat MetS, however, there are periods during the year in which exercise programs are discontinued and improper dietary habits reappear (e.g., Christmas holidays). We aimed to analyze if exercise-training during Christmas holidays would avoid body-weight gains and cardiometabolic deterioration in MetS individuals, using a randomized control trial. Thirty-eight men with MetS undergoing exercise training were randomly allocated to either continue (TRAIN group, n = 16) or discontinue (HOLID group, n = 22) training, during the three weeks of Christmas. Anthropometrics (body weight, fat, and waist circumference), fasting blood metabolites (glucose, insulin, triglycerides, and cholesterol concentrations) and exercise maximal fat oxidation (FO MAX ) and oxygen uptake (VO 2PEAK ) were determined before and after Christmas. Both groups were similar at baseline in all parameters ( p > 0.05). HOLID group increased body weight (91.3 ± 13.0 to 92.0 ± 13.4 kg, p = 0.004), mean arterial pressure (94.0 ± 10.6 to 97.1 ± 8.9 mmHg, p = 0.026), blood insulin (10.2 ± 3.8 to 12.5 ± 5.4 µIU·mL −1 , p = 0.003) and HOMA (3.2 ± 1.3 to 4.1 ± 2.3, p = 0.003). In contrast, TRAIN prevented those disarrangements and reduced total (170.6 ± 30.6 to 161.3 ± 31.3 mg·dL −1 , p = 0.026) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (i.e., LDL- C , 104.8 ± 26.1 to 95.6 ± 21.7 mg·dL −1 , p = 0.013). TRAIN also prevented the reductions in exercise FO MAX and VO 2PEAK that was observed in the HOLID group ( p = 0.002). In conclusion, exercise training during Christmas, prevents body weight gains and the associated cardiovascular (increase in blood pressure and LDL -C ) and metabolic (reduced insulin sensitivity) health risks are an optimal non-pharmacological therapy for that period of the year.

Keywords: detraining; weight gain; dyslipidemia; insulin sensitivity; holidays; cardiovascular diseases (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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