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Chapter 12
Relationship Among Serum Taurine, Serum
Adipokines, and Body Composition During
8-Week Human Body Weight Control Program
Jeong Soon You , Ji Yeon Park , Xu Zhao , Jin Seok Jeong , Mi Ja Choi ,
and Kyung Ja Chang
Abstract
Human adipose tissue is not only a storage organ but also an active endo-
crine organ to release adipokines. This study was conducted to investigate the rela-
tionship among serum taurine and adipokine levels, and body composition during
8-week human body weight control program in obese female college students. The
program consisted of diet therapy, exercise, and behavior modification. After the
program, body weight, body fat mass, percent body fat, and body mass index (BMI)
were significantly decreased. Serum triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), and
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels were significantly decreased.
Also serum adiponectin level was significantly increased and serum leptin level was
significantly decreased. There were no differences in serum taurine and homo-
cysteine levels. The change of serum adiponectin level was positively correlated
with change of body fat mass and percent body fat. These results may suggest that
body fat loss by human body weight control program is associated with an increase
in serum adiponectin in obese female college students. Therefore, further study
such as taurine intervention study is needed to know more exact correlation between
dietary taurine intake and serum adipokines or body composition.
J. S. You J. Y. Park X. Zhao K. J. Chang (
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Department of Food and Nutrition , Inha University , Incheon , South Korea
e-mail: kjchang@inha.ac.kr
J. S. Jeong
Research Laboratories of Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd,
Youngin Gyeonggi-do , South Korea
M. J. Choi
Department of Food and Nutrition , Keiomyung University ,
Daegu , South Korea
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