Effect of exercise intensity on appetite response among obese individuals / Masturah Mansor

Obesity is a common problem that increasing rapidly in developing countries. This study examined the effect of different exercise intensity on appetite among obese individual. They were assigned into 3 exercise intensity which is low intensity (50% of HRmax), moderate intensity (70% of HRmax) and high intensity (90% of HRmax). Subjective rating questionnaire were distributed during pre-test and post-test experimental. Mixed Between-Within ANOVA was used to examine the differences of appetite response with different exercise intensity. Results indicated that no significant interaction between the experimental groups across the experimental sessions. There were significant main effect (low intensity and high intensity) for experimental session were found (p=.013,p=.004). In conclusion, there is no superior effect of different exercise intensity on appetite response especially in acute exercise setting.