The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary meal plan on anthropometric andphysiological indices such as body weight, Body Mass Index (BMI), waist and hip circumferences, percentage of fat and blood pressure among overweight women practicing Zumba. The participants consisted of 20 overweight women who wereaged 18 until 55 years old, which were not involved in weight loss program, not onmedication, did not have any chronic diseases and did not consume any weight losssupplement or meal replacement. Body weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, percentage of fatand diastolic and systolic blood pressure were measured at the end week 1, week 4 and week8. Zumba exercise together with dietary meal plan interventions were given to all participants and the data were collected by using 24-hours diet recall and 3-days diet record. The effects of Zumba exercise with applied meal plan were analyzed by using one-way repeated measures MANOVA. The resultssho.....

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