Friday, 27 August 2021

Weight loss via exercise harder for obese people, data suggests

Research finds that when humans exercise, our bodies limit the energy used on basic metabolic functions

Losing weight through exercise appears to be more difficult for obese people, research suggests.

Initially, researchers thought that the total energy we spend in a day is the sum of energy expended due to activity (ranging from light gardening to running a marathon) and energy used for basic functioning (what keeps us ticking even when we are doing nothing, such as immune function and wound healing).

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3kosBhy

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