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However, this sexual dimorphism tends to be lost in the presence of comorbidities, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Aerobic physical exercise (APE) has been applied in the management of obesity, however, is still necessary to better understand the effects of APE in obese female. Thus, we investigated the effect of APE on body weight, adiposity, exercise tolerance and glucose metabolism in female ob\/ob mice. Eight-weeks-old female wild-type C57BL\/6J and leptin-deficient ob\/ob mice (Lep<jats:sup>ob<\/jats:sup>) were distributed into three groups: wild-type sedentary group (Wt; n = 6), leptin-deficient sedentary group (Lep<jats:sup>ob<\/jats:sup>S; n = 5) and leptin-deficient trained group (Lep<jats:sup>ob<\/jats:sup>T; n = 8). The Lep<jats:sup>ob<\/jats:sup>T mice were subjected to 8 weeks of aerobic physical exercise (APE) at 60% of the maximum velocity achieved in the running capacity test. The APE had no effect in attenuating body weight gain, and did not reduce subcutaneous and retroperitoneal white adipose tissue (SC-WAT and RP-WAT, respectively) and interscapular brown adipose tissue (iBAT) weights. The APE neither improved glucose intolerance nor insulin resistance in the Lep<jats:sup>ob<\/jats:sup>T group. Also, the APE did not reduce the diameter or the area of RP-WAT adipocytes, but the APE reduced the diameter and the area of SC-WAT adipocytes, which was associated with lower fasting glycemia and islet\/pancreas area ratio in the Lep<jats:sup>ob<\/jats:sup>T group. In addition, the APE increased exercise tolerance and this response was also associated with lower fasting glycemia in the Lep<jats:sup>ob<\/jats:sup>T group. 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