INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES ON MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF THE MESENTERIC AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE OF RATS WITH OBESITY, HIGH-FAT DIET INDUCED

White adipose tissue (WAT) distribution (visceral fat predomination) and amount (adipose cell hypertrophy) may be a crucial risk factor of metabolic disorders. Present study shows effects of aerobic and anaerobic exercises on morphometric characteristics of mesenteric and subcutaneous WAT in hi-fat diet induced obese rats. The study found that animals, received hi-fat diet, demonstrate prevalence of small-size adipocytes. Probably it protects ectopic tissues from lipotoxic effects. Anaerobic physical exercises reduce amount of mesenteric WAT in normal rats received standard chow. Applied with hi-fat diet, anaerobic physical exercises reduce amount and size of fat cells in mesenteric WAT, but aerobic physical exercises reduce the same characteristics in subcutaneous WAT.