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This comprehensive study was performed on male Wistar rats treated with standard diet, high-fat diet, MICT, and HIIT to explore their comparative fat-reducing effects and corresponding molecular mechanisms. HIIT had a greater effect on hepatic vacuolation density and lipid content reduction than MICT, and triglyceride and total cholesterol levels in the serum and the liver demonstrated different sensitivities to different exercise training programs. At the molecular level, both MICT and HIIT altered the processes of fatty acid synthesis, fatty acid transport, fatty acid \u03b2-oxidation, and cholesterol synthesis, wherein the transcriptional and translational levels of signaling molecules peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) regulating fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis were strongly changed. Moreover, the metabolic pathways of amino acids, bile acids, and carbohydrates were also affected according to transcriptome analysis, and the changes in the above-mentioned processes in the HIIT group were greater than those in the MICT group. In combination with the search tool for the retrieval of interacting genes\/proteins (STRING) analysis and the role of PPARs in lipid metabolism, as well as the expression pattern of PPARs in the MICT and HIIT groups, the MICT-and HIIT-induced fat loss was mediated by the PPAR pathway, causing feedback responses in fatty acid, steroid, amino acid, bile acid, and carbohydrate metabolism, and HIIT had a better fat-reducing effect, which may be initiated by PPAR-\u03b1. 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