A case report on the effect of training and low caloric diet in hypertension, obesity and hyperinsulinemia

L Palleschi; F Vetta; E De Gennaro; G De Vincentis; F Scopinaro; P Cicconetti; V Marigliano

doi:10.1016/0167-4943(96)86995-0

A case report on the effect of training and low caloric diet in hypertension, obesity and hyperinsulinemia

Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 1996:22 Suppl 1:535-8. doi: 10.1016/0167-4943(96)86995-0.

Authors

L Palleschi¹, F Vetta, E De Gennaro, G De Vincentis, F Scopinaro, P Cicconetti, V Marigliano

Affiliation

¹ Ist Institute of Medicine, University La Sapienza, Via Augusto Bevignani, 12, I-00162 Roma, Italy.

PMID: 18653090
DOI: 10.1016/0167-4943(96)86995-0

Abstract

In an obese hypertensive woman affected by angina-like chest pain, a physical training program and a low caloric diet resulted in a notable improvement of the anthropometric indexes, hyperinsulinemia, myocardial perfusion and left ventricular mass.