Ditch the Pounds for Good!
Reported July 29, 2008
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — For women, keeping weight off may take more exercise than they think.
New research suggests those who want to lose weight and keep it off should exercise almost double the amount currently recommended by experts. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh followed the weight loss progress of 201 overweight and obese women. They found those who maintained a weight loss of 10 percent or more over two years exercised an average of 275 minutes per week, or 55 minutes per day for five days a week.
These findings disagree with the current recommendation of 150 minutes per week and support a growing consensus that suggests more exercise may be needed to maintain long-term weight loss.
The women who kept weight off also communicated more often with the intervention team, followed eating guidelines more closely and consumed less dietary fat.
SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, 2008;168:1550-1559