Greater effects of high- compared with moderate-intensity interval training on thyroid hormones in overweight/obese adolescent girls.

Wissal AbassiNejmeddine OuerghiHatem GhouiliSalma HaouamiAnissa Bouassida

Published in: Hormone molecular biology and clinical investigation (2020)

Twelve weeks of HIIT was effective in reducing circulating TSH and T4 levels, unlike MIIT, in overweight/obese adolescent girls. These findings indicated that the stimulation of pituitary-thyroid function is more sensitive to training intensity than training duration. Further studies are needed to confirm this conclusion.

Keyphrases

weight loss
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adipose tissue
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obese patients
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