Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects composition, blood lipids and psychological factors at a community. Method: The subjects were 200 women(29 groups) who agreed to participate in group walking exercise for three months. Thei...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects composition, blood lipids and psychological factors at a community. Method: The subjects were 200 women(29 groups) who agreed to participate in group walking exercise for three months. Their ages ranged between 20 to 77 years. A simple walking exercise protocol was given to the participants, which was to do walking over three times a week and over thirty minutes each time, We compared the participants' body composition (BM, PBF, BFM, FFM, WHR and VFA), blood lipids (HDL, C, LDL, C total cholesterol, triglyceride) and exercise-self efficacy, self esteem, and quality of life did not increase significantly, Only self esteem increased significantly (p<0001). Conclusion: Group waling exercise had positive effects on body comosition, blood lipid and self esteem in community women.