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19th International Conference on
Obesity, Healthcare - Nutrition & Fitness
March 18 - 19, 2019 | New York, USA
Effect of exercise
during ramadan fast on
sleep anthropometric
measurements and
blood parameters in
females
Reem AlRashidi
Kuwait University, Kuwait
Introduction: Ramadan
fasting is a safe annual activity
for healthy individuals. In
literature, body weight,
waist circumference, body
composition, or cellular and
biochemical elements of
blood experienced a decrease,
increase, or no change during
Ramadan.
Aim: Physical activity for
female adults was our main
concern to investigate the
physiological changes during
Ramadan with aerobic exercise
intervention. Subjective and
objective measures related to
general health, female health
and sleep were assessed.
Methods: The subjective
measures include
consent forms, general
health questionnaire,
Epworth Scale. Objective
measurements consist of
general examination: height,
weight, age. Anthropometric
measurements: waist-hip ratio,
BMI, body composition, and
blood tests including Complete
Blood Count (CBC), general
biochemistry profile, iron
profile, vitamin B12. Three
groups; EDR group (exercised
during Ramadan), ENR group
(exercised non-Ramadan
month) and FDR group (fasted
during Ramadan and had no
exercise intervention).
Results: Within groups
comparisons, subjects
showed multiple trends
of improvements in
anthropometric measurements
in EDR group and these
improvements showed
significance only in fat body
mass, fat percent with
p-values<0.05. EDR group
showed no significant changes
in anthropometric parameters.
Between groups, comparisons
showed a significant change in
the EDR group in comparison
to the FDR group in fat body
mass, with p-values<0.05 while
it remained non-significantly
altered in other groups. Blood
tests showed no changes in
all the groups. Sleep duration
or daytime sleepiness didn’t
show any major change in all
groups except the expected
shifts in sleep schedule during
Ramadan no change in sleep
duration.
Conclusion: Exercising while
fasting in Ramadan reduces the
fat percent more than fasting
alone or exercising alone. We
found no changes on blood
basic hematology, biochemical
parameters and sleep duration
and or day time sleepiness
parameters.
JOURNAL OF OBESITY &WEIGHT LOSS THERAPY 2019, VOLUME: 4 | DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C2-094 ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS