Inactivity 'kills more than obesity'
bbc.co.uk
Inactivity 'kills more than obesity'
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Re: Inactivity 'kills more than obesity'
#2Normal exercise will not cause weight loss - countless studies have shown that.
But it will make you healthier, so it's worth it anyway.
Re: Inactivity 'kills more than obesity'
#3I would say obesity implies inactivity, so the headline is rather misleading.
Re: Inactivity 'kills more than obesity'
#4I would say obesity implies inactivity, so the headline is rather misleading.
I agree. Article makes it sound as if inactivity causes poor health (which it may). Alternatively inactivity maybe is just an indicator of poor health and not the dirct cause.
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#5Normal exercise will not cause weight loss - countless studies have shown that. But it will make you healthier, so it's worth it anyway.
while i agree, this concept is easier to sell if you approach it from a different direction - i.e. "you can't outrun your fork."
this is much easier for most people to comprehend, since anyone who's ever been in a modern gym even once knows you can run an hour on a treadmill and wipe it out with a single donut.
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#6Normal exercise will not cause weight loss - countless studies have shown that. But it will make you healthier, so it's worth it anyway.
>Normal exercise will not cause weight loss
What do you define "normal exercise" as? You cannot break the 2nd law of thermodynamics: if you calories in is less than your calories burned you must lose weight.
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#7Normal exercise will not cause weight loss - countless studies have shown that. But it will make you healthier, so it's worth it anyway.
Yeah, it also seems to me people hear "diet and exercise" as if the second part was somehow optional :(
Re: Inactivity 'kills more than obesity'
#8Number of deaths is a poor metric.
Everyone dies.
Obesity contributes significantly to the 70 man years spent by patients in dialysis every week in the US.
Re: Inactivity 'kills more than obesity'
#9Normal exercise will not cause weight loss - countless studies have shown that. But it will make you healthier, so it's worth it anyway.
>Normal exercise will not cause weight loss What do you define "normal exercise" as? You cannot break the 2nd law of thermodynamics: if you calories in is less than your calories burned you must lose weight.
I think he/she means that normal exercise, or rather the typical amount of exercise that people do, is insufficient to burn the calories in a normal diet. So while the exercise you do is healthy, you shouldn't be expecting weight loss, though at the same time you should expect less weight gain (which I wouldn't consider as weight loss).
Re: Inactivity 'kills more than obesity'
#10Normal exercise will not cause weight loss - countless studies have shown that. But it will make you healthier, so it's worth it anyway.
>Normal exercise will not cause weight loss What do you define "normal exercise" as? You cannot break the 2nd law of thermodynamics: if you calories in is less than your calories burned you must lose weight.
Your body can regulate your appetite and your calorie spending to a certain degree, e.g. people who exercise often eat more afterwards, which negates the calorie burning effect (but it can also lead to changes in body composition: Fat is replaced by muscles).