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Change In Metabolic Syndrome And Cardiorespiratory Fitness Following Exercise Training – The Ball State Adult Fitness Longitudinal Lifestyle Study (Ball St), Brittany E Smith E. Smith, James E. Peterman, Matthew P. Harber, Mary T. Imboden, Bradley S. Fleenor, Leonard A. Kaminsky, Mitchell H. Whaley

Faculty Publications - Department of Kinesiology

This observational cohort study indicates an inverse relationship between the change in CRF and the change in MetS severity following exercise training. These results suggest that participation in a community-based exercise program yields significant improvements in CRF, MetS risk factors, the prevalence of the binary MetS, and the MetS severity score. Improvement in CRF through exercise training should be a primary prevention strategy for MetS.