The influence of exercise training dose on fasting acylated ghrelin concentration in older women

• Published in: Journal of behavioral medicine 2019-06, Vol.42 (3), p.567-572
• Main Authors: Bowyer, Kimberly P., Carson, James A., Davis, J. Mark, Wang, Xuewen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acylation - physiology; Aerobic exercise; Aged; Body fat; Body weight; Body Weight - physiology; Brief Report; Dosage; Evaluation; Exercise; Exercise - physiology; Family Medicine; Fasting; Female; Fitness training programs; General Practice; Ghrelin; Ghrelin - metabolism; Health aspects; Health Psychology; Hormones; Humans; Influence; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle aged women; Obesity; Older women; Physiological aspects; Women's fitness
• ISSN: 0160-7715; 1573-3521; 1573-3521
• DOI: 10.1007/s10865-018-9990-z

This study investigated if exercise dose affected acylated ghrelin response to exercise training, and how body weight or fat mass changes might affect the responses. Non-obese older women (n = 49) were randomly assigned to 4-month moderate-intensity aerobic exercise of one of two doses (8 or 14 kcal kg −1 body weight weekly). Following exercise training, fasting acylated ghrelin concentrations changed differently between the two groups (p for group × time interaction = 0.050). It decreased in the moderate-dose (Cohen’s d = 0.52, p  = 0.019), but did not change in the low-dose exercise group. Adjustment for weight or fat changes did not affect these results. Therefore, exercise training dose can have specific effects on acylated ghrelin that are not dependent on weight or fat loss. However, whether the different acylated ghrelin changes are associated with differing degree of subsequent weight maintenance worth further investigation.