Overeating or Under-exercising?
How many people do you know who are on a diet? All of us have relatives or friends that are
always bragging about the latest diet they are trying. Juicing is now in. I have many relatives that are buying their
juicers and lots of fruits and vegetables.
At least this diet craze packs a nutrition punch rather than taking
foods and nutrients out of one’s diet as many fad diets do. But rarely do we hear, “I need to lose weight
so I am pumping up my exercise.” I like
my desserts and I like to eat so rather than diet I try to hit the gym, walk,
bicycle and up my exercise. This method
seems to be supported by the latest research which indicates many overweight
people aren’t overeating but under-exercising.
Stanford University researchers noted the strong correlation
between the rise in obesity to the significant drop in time spent exercising. They didn’t find Americans are eating more
but they did find many of us are exercising less. Researchers noted from 1988 to 2010,
Americans who did no exercise at all went from 19% to 52% for women and for
men, from 11% to 43%. No exercise at all
in their free time. WOW!
In my nutrition classes, I always emphasize cutting some
calories to lose weight but just as important, increase the exercise. If one wants to lose a pound a week, which
works out to cutting back on 500 calories a day. I would be very hungry if I had to cut out
500 calories a day. But one can increase
their exercise and burn up 250 to 300 calories a day, and then cutting back on
food by 250 to 200 calories a day isn’t quite so hard.
The lead researcher, Dr. Uri Ladabaum, stated, “Even though it is very difficult to prove directly
that public health interventions promoting physical activity will make a
difference, I think they will," he said. "This study should serve as
a reinforcement of the message that we need to think of a multi-component
solution where diet is a big part of it, and physical activity is a big part as
well." Overeating
vs Exercise
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