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In this study, the effects of pilates exercise on body composition, fitness and metabolic syndrome indexes in elders with obesity was investigated by performing the pilates exercise program for 24 weeks. 30 obese elders, 8 men and 22 women, who were over 60 years old were selected for the subjects and they were divided into experiment group(N = 15) and control group(N = 15). The before and after change were analyzed by T-test using SPSS 22.0 The body composition of obese elders was decreased and significant change were occurred in fitness(balance(p < .01), flexibility(p < .001), muscle endurance(p < .01)). Among the metabolic syndrome indexes, only the blood-sugar level showed the significant change and the other indexes, cholesterol, TC, HDL showed minor decrease. Based on the result, the pilates exercise program improves fitness of elders but for the metabolic syndrome indexes, the pilates exercise program has small effect. In future, various exercise program should be developed to improve health of the elderly with obesity.