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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of combined exercise on body shape, health- related physical fitness, and inflammatory markers in postmenopausal obese middle-aged women through 16-week program of combined exercise. The results are as follows: First, regarding body shape, combined exercise group showed significant differences in reduction of waist and hip sizes, compared with aerobic exercise group (p < .05). Second, regarding health-related physical fitness, combined exercise group showed significant differences in increase of back strength, the number of sit-ups, and trunk-hip forward flexion, compared with aerobic exercise group (p < 0.05). Third, regarding inflammatory markers, combined exercise group showed significant differences in reduction of IL-6(p < .05), TNF-a(p < .05), and CRP(p < .01) levels, compared with aerobic exercise group. From the above results, combined exercise program was effective in body shape, health-related physical fitness, and inflammatory markers of postmenopausal obese middle-aged women via increasing their physical activity.