The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of 5 km running on hormone ghrelin levels in non-athletes obese men. 20 healthy, overweight non-athlete university students participated voluntarily in this study. The subjects performed twice on a treadmill with speed of 5 km per hour with the 400 energy cost calories. Blood samples were collected for determination of ghrelin in the same conditions and controlling affecting environmental factors on rest and immediately after two sessions running on a treadmill with a one-week interval. The results showed that blood ghrelin increased significantly. According to the research findings, blood ghrelin levels increased in a running with speed of 5 km per hour on a treadmill with 400 energy cost calories.
