운동 및 김치 보충제 섭취가 비만 여중생의 신체조성 및 혈증지질에 미치는 영향 = Effects of Kimchi Supplementation and/or Exercise Training on Body Composition and Plasma Lipids in Obese Middle School Girls

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The effects of aerobic exercises and/or supplementation of kimchi on changes of the body composition and plasma lipids of obese middle school girls were studied. Thirty eight girls, 28 obese girls and 10 normal weighed girls, were participated. Among obese girls, 8 were assigned to exercise group (EG), 12 were grouped as kimchi group (KG), and 8 were asked to practice excercise and to take kimchi, simultaneously (excercise kimchi group, EKG). Ten girls whose weight is normal asked to remain on their own diet during 6 weeks of experiment (control group, CG). EG practiced jogging and rope-jumping for 60 minutes four times a week and KG took 3 g of freeze-dried kimchi packed in a 500 ㎎ capsule daily which is equivalent to 30 g of fresh kimchi. EKG, EG and KG showed beneficial effects on changes of the body composition and plasma lipids compared to those of CG. EG showed greater effect than KG on reducing body fat resulted decrease in BAG, fat mass, abdominal fat, and triglyceride concentration and increase in HDL-cholesterol. KG seemed to have greater effect on lowering plasma cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol than EG. But the greatest effects in terms of reduction in weight, BMI, fat mass, abdominal fat, total cholesterol, LDL -cholesterol, triglyceride, and increase in HDL-cholesterol were observed from EKG. These results indicate that kimchi supplementation while practicing excercise might improve the obese state by reducing body fat content as well as reducing plasma lipids.