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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of 16-week resistance exercise on body composition, risk factors of metabolic syndrome, and inflammatory markers in obese middle-aged males. For 16 weeks, physical activity of obese middle-aged men was increased by public transportation, walking, and resistance exercise, and their influence on body composition, risk factors of metabolic syndrome, and inflammatory markes was examined. The results are as follows: First, regarding body composition, weight, body mass index (BMI), and body fat percentage were reduced in public transportation group(p<0.05) when compred with owner-driver group, and there was change in steps among public transportation group(p<0.01). Second, regarding factors of metabolic syndrome, there were changes in belly, HDL-C, systolic blood pressure (p<0.05) and Glucose (p<0.01) among public transportation group. Third, regarding inflammatory markers, there was change in IL-6 among public transportation group(p<0.05). However, there were not significant differences in TNK-a and CRP between public transportation group and owner-driver group. In conclusion, it is considered that using public transportation to increase steps regularly and doing resistance exercise are effective for body composition, risk factors of metabolic syndrome, and inflammatory marker IL-6 in obese middle-aged white-collar male workers.