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Wednesday, March 03, 2010 (14:56:23) |
| Tags : Obesity, Adults, Children, Research, Health, Disease |
Work out counters negative effects of weight regain |
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| Washington: With the obesity rate rising among adults and children, researchers have found that working out during weight regain can maintain health and disease risk.
In a study, individuals who didn't work out during weight regain experienced significant deterioration in health, while those who worked out maintained improvements in almost all areas.
The study is the first to examine the role of work outs in countering the negative effects of weight regain on MetS and overall health status.
"Although many people are successful at losing weight through diet and work out, the majority of them will relapse and regain the weight," the researcher said.
"The findings of this study indicate that regaining weight is very detrimental; however, work out can counter those negative effects. The findings support the recommendation to continue working out after weight loss, even if weight is regained."
In the study, overweight men and women with measured characteristics of MetS were given a diet and aerobic work out plans that included supervised work outs five days a week, for 4-6 months, according to the media.
After losing weight, participants underwent programmed weight regain and were separated into two groups, one that worked out and one that didn't. The non-work out group experienced rapid deterioration in weight loss induced benefits to health. The work out group maintained improvements in almost all measures, including LDL and HDL cholesterol, oxygen consumption (VO2max), blood pressure and glucose. Work out didn't maintain blood cholesterol and abdominal fat loss.
"It's clear that the message to lose weight isn't working because so many people regain weight; a new message is to keep working out and maintain your weight to reduce disease risk and improve overall health," the researcher said.
"Don't worry so much about losing weight, but focus on working out and maintaining your current weight." |
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