Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Role of physical activity in preventing and treating obesity

Role of physical activity in preventing and treating obesity There is an inverse relationship between physical activity and weight gain. However, additional research is needed to quantify the amount of physical activity required to prevent weight gain in different populations, improve the way we convey physical activity recommendations to the public, and help the individuals increase their physical activity. Although physical activity does not appear to contribute significantly to weight loss, it is critical for maintenance of weight loss. Available data are consistent in that 60–90 min/day of moderate-intensity physical activity is required to maintain a significant weight loss. Although there is agreement about the need for high levels of physical activity to maintain weight loss, there is a need for more research to understand why physical activity is critical for weight loss maintenance. Finally, additional research is needed to determine whether there is an optimal level of physical activity below which it is difficult for most people to achieve a balance between energy intake and expenditure at a healthy body weight. The increasing prevalence of obesity may reflect the fact that the majority of the population has fallen below such a level of physical activity. weight loss; weight maintenance; exercise Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: H. Wyatt, Div. of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, Center for Human Nutrition, Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E. 9th Ave., Box C263, Denver, CO 80262 (E-mail: holly.wyatt@uchsc.edu ) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Physiology The American Physiological Society

Role of physical activity in preventing and treating obesity

Journal of Applied Physiology , Volume 99 (2): 765 – Aug 1, 2005

Loading next page...
 
/lp/the-american-physiological-society/role-of-physical-activity-in-preventing-and-treating-obesity-EMaU7hipdg

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
The American Physiological Society
Copyright
Copyright © 2011 the American Physiological Society
ISSN
8750-7587
eISSN
1522-1601
DOI
10.1152/japplphysiol.00137.2005
pmid
16020440
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

There is an inverse relationship between physical activity and weight gain. However, additional research is needed to quantify the amount of physical activity required to prevent weight gain in different populations, improve the way we convey physical activity recommendations to the public, and help the individuals increase their physical activity. Although physical activity does not appear to contribute significantly to weight loss, it is critical for maintenance of weight loss. Available data are consistent in that 60–90 min/day of moderate-intensity physical activity is required to maintain a significant weight loss. Although there is agreement about the need for high levels of physical activity to maintain weight loss, there is a need for more research to understand why physical activity is critical for weight loss maintenance. Finally, additional research is needed to determine whether there is an optimal level of physical activity below which it is difficult for most people to achieve a balance between energy intake and expenditure at a healthy body weight. The increasing prevalence of obesity may reflect the fact that the majority of the population has fallen below such a level of physical activity. weight loss; weight maintenance; exercise Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: H. Wyatt, Div. of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, Center for Human Nutrition, Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E. 9th Ave., Box C263, Denver, CO 80262 (E-mail: holly.wyatt@uchsc.edu )

Journal

Journal of Applied PhysiologyThe American Physiological Society

Published: Aug 1, 2005

There are no references for this article.