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Table 12.1 General characteristics of the subjects
Variables
Subjects ( n = 18)
Age (years)
20.8 ± 0.4 a
Residence type
Living with family
11 (61.1) b
Preparation of own meals
4 (22.2)
Dormitory
3 (16.7)
Pocket money (1,000won/month)
£ 200
4 (22.2)
210-400
10 (55.6)
³ 400
4 (22.2)
a Values are mean ± SEM
b Values are N(%)
Table 12.2 Changes in body composition of the subjects
Variables
Before
After
Change
Body weight (kg)
60.3 ± 2.0 a
57.3 ± 1.7
−2.2 ± 0.4*** b
BMI (kg/m 2 )
23.5 ± 0.6
22.5 ± 0.6
−0.8 ± 0.2***
Soft lean mass (kg)
38.7 ± 0.9
39.6 ± 0.9
0.9 ± 0.3***
Body fat mass (kg)
21.3 ± 0.7
17.8 ± 0.7
−3.1 ± 0.3***
Percent body fat (%)
34.6 ± 0.6
30.3 ± 0.7
−3.8 ± 0.3***
a Values are mean ± SEM
b Values with * superscripts are significantly different between before and after the
body weight control program by paired t -test (*** p < 0.001)
percent body fat were reduced from 21.3 to 17.8 kg ( p < 0.001) and 34.6 to 30.3%
( p < 0.001), respectively. Soft lean mass was increased from 38.7 to 39.6 kg
( p < 0.001). According to the previous researches about short-term weight control
program for female college students, an average 1.1 kg of body weight was decreased
(Kang et al. 2004 ) and 0.6 kg of body weight was decreased (Lee et al. 2007 ) .
The reduced average body weight of this program tends to be more compared to
other body weight control programs.
12.3.3
Serum Lipid Pro fi les
Serum lipid profile is one of the effective parameters of obesity. Differences in
serum lipid profiles between before and after the 8-week human body weight
control program are shown in Table 12.3 . The serum TC ( p < 0.001), LDL-C
( p < 0.001), and TG levels ( p < 0.001) were reduced significantly during the
human body weight control program. It was similarly reported that human body
weight control program improved serum lipid profiles (Lee et al. 2005, 2007 ;
Seo 2005 ) .
 
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