Introduction: Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease that is caused by genetic, environmental, psychological and social factors and causes the accumulation of fat mass in the body. The purpose of this research was to compare the effect of ten weeks of functional exercises in the gym and at home on the quality of life, sleep quality and body image of overweight and obese women.
Materials and methods: In this semi-experimental study, 45 overweight and obese women aged 20-45 years were randomly divided into two groups of 15 people who exercised in the gym and at home and a control group of 15 people. In order to evaluate quality of life, sleep quality and body image, satisfaction and adherence questionnaire, SF-36, Petersburg sleep quality and MBSRQ were used respectively. Functional exercises were performed for 10 weeks, 3 sessions per week under the supervision of the trainer in the gym and at home. For data analysis, the covariance statistical method for repeated measurements was used, and the data was analyzed using spss-26 software, and the significance level was considered to be 0.005 in all analyses.
Results: The results of the research showed that the changes of the groups compared to the control group quality of life (P=0.001 and F=43.810) and sleep quality (P=0.001and F=68.330) and body image quality (P=0.001 and F=89.393) were significant after 10 weeks of functional training.
Conclusion: The results of this research showed that functional exercises under supervision in the gym and at home can be a practical and effective method in the treatment of obesity.