Volume : 9, Issue : 1, January - 2020

EFFECT OF EXERCISE ON THE C- REACTIVE PROTEIN LEVEL IN OBESE INDIAN PATIENTS

Dr Sumant Kumar Singh, Dr. Poonam Singh, Dr Arun Kumar

Abstract :

Obesity has been recognized as an epidemic worldwide due to changes in lifestyle, unhealthy food-habit and lack of health knowledge among the population and linked to a large number of diseases. For Asians, overweight is a BMI between 23 and 29.9 kg/m2 and obesity a BMI >30 kg/m2. Obesity is a state of excess adipose tissue mass. Adipose tissue is an active endocrine and paracrine organ that releases a large number of cytokines and bioactive mediators, eg TNF-α, IL-6, CRP etc. The study of 3 months walking-exercise interventions on 33 obese patients showed that 65% reduction of CRP were due to changes in fat mass and fat free mass. These are the most important candidate factor for reduction of CRP after 3 month of intervention. There were some other factors responsible for reduction in CRP, which might be weight and BMI and independent of other base line investigations. In addition, more studies are needed to assess the effects of different modes and intensities of exercise on CRP.