Abstract #3448

The effects of sprint interval training on visceral, subcutaneous and hepatic fat stores: An MRI and 1H-MRS study of lipid content and composition

Stephen Bawden^1,2, Jack Sargeant³, Liz Simpson⁴, Mehri Kaviani², Myra Nimmo⁵, Penny Gowland², Ian MacDonald⁴, James King³, and Guruprasad P Aithal¹

¹NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ²Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Center, Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ³NIHR The Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle & Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit, University Hospitals of Leicester and Loughborough University, ⁴Metabolic Physiology Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁵College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham

In this study, 9 obese male participants underwent 6 weeks of sprint interval training (SIT) and changes in visceral, subcutaneous and intra-hepatocellular fat were measured using MRI and MRS at baseline, control (>4 weeks later) and post exercise. Change in liver lipid composition was also assessed.

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