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Health Encyclopedia: The Effects Of Exercise On Weight

Exercise's Effects on Weight


Exercising helps people reduce their weight, maintain weight loss, and fight obesity. Research has shown that women who regularly exercisebut do not change their diet can losesignificantly more weight than less active women.

Thirty minutes of moderate-intensity exercise may be adequate to maintain cardiovascular health, but it might not prevent weight gain. Recommendations published in 2003 and 2004 suggest that 45 to 60 minutes per day is necessary to prevent weight g...

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Young Female Athletes—At Risk For Osteoporosis?
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...provided by what we eat, to function normally. If you burn more calories than you take in, you... Read more »

Health Guide

Preventing Obesity: Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance
...adverse psychological or physical effects. Repeated dieting also does not impair the body's ability to burn calories efficiently.Weight loss, in any case, should not be the only or even the... Read more »
Symptoms of Nicotine Withdrawal
...smoking gained about 12 pounds.Smoking uses up calories -- about 200 a day according to one study. Burning calories helps you lose weight. After quitting, the body's metabolism slows down, and... Read more »
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...their testosterone levels by 25% compared to their inactive peers. Another study found that men who burned 200 calories or more a day in physical activity (which can be achieved by 2 miles of... Read more »
Recommended Exercise Methods
...Nearly anyone in reasonable health can engage in some low- to moderate-impact exercise. Brisk walking burns as many calories as jogging for the same distance and poses less risk for injury to... Read more »
lifestyle changes for a heart healthy, low fat diet
...energy expended. Therefore, the best way to exercise may be in multiple short bouts of intense exercise.Burning at least 250 calories a day (the equivalent of about 45 minutes of brisk walking or... Read more »

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