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This study conducted a 12-week walk program with obese women with intellectual disabilities to examine its effects on healthy-related physical fitness and blood lipid. The results of this study are summarized below. As regards healthy-related physical fitness, the body composition of exercise group was significantly different in weight and body fat(p<.001), strength(p<.05), endurance(p<.001), flexibility(p<.01), and cardiorespiratory endurance(p<.05). As regards blood lipid, the exercise group showed no significant difference in total cholesterol, but significant difference in triglyceride(p<.01). Moreover, while no significant difference was found in high density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C), there was a significant difference in low density lipoprotein cholesterol(p<.001). Based on the findings, the walk program was very effective to reduce weight and % body fat and risk at cardiorespiratory diseases in people with intellectual disabilities who tend to become obese because of limited physical activity, social participation, and reckless dietary habits. It also had positive effects on the prevention of lifestyle diseases such as obesity and cardiorespiratory diseases thanks to decrease and increase in blood lipid. The effects of exercise in people with disabilities may increase active interests and encouragement by other people other than exercise itself. Further study should focus on developing useful exercise programs for people with intellectual disabilities and provide coach training and institutional supports to help their easy participation. Then, they may enjoy doing an exercise and get mental treatment through the exercise.