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More exercise needed for sustained weight loss
29 Jul 2008
A new report recommends that people who are overweight should exercise for 55 minutes a day, five days a week in order to sustain weight loss.
According to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, to maintain a weight loss of ten per cent over two years, people need to participate in longer periods of physical activity than the current recommendations of 150 minutes moderate exercise each week.
All 201 female participants consumed between 1,200 and 1,500 calories a day and on average burned 1,835 calories per week.
The study stated: "Among obese adults, long-term weight loss and prevention of weight regain have been less than desired. Therefore, there is a need for more effective interventions.
"Research is needed to improve long-term compliance with this targeted level of physical activity.
"Moreover, continued contact with the intervention staff and the ability to sustain recommended eating behaviours also may be important contributing factors to maintaining a significant weight loss that exceeds ten per cent of initial body weight, which suggests that physical activity does not function independently of these other behaviours."
Recent research from INTERHEART revealed that 63 per cent of heart attacks in Western Europe are caused by abdominal obesity.
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