Re: For Luna - Exercise And Weight Control/Maintenance

From: Roger Zoul (rogerzoul2_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:13:11 -0500

GaryG wrote:
|| "MU" <munospam@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
|| news:8ubmchapv0kr$.17xsbk0jeo0sa.dlg@40tude.net...
||| In our modern, technology-driven age, an ever increasing
||| number of labor-saving conveniences and gadgets
||| contribute to the reduction in average daily energy
||| expenditure that favors the development of obesity.
|||
||| Although physical activity and exercise are factors in
||| successful weight reduction programs, the contribution
||| of exercise to weight loss is modest at best. For example,
||| approximately 40 miles of walking is required to metabolize
||| 1 kg of fat. The effect of exercise on weight loss is
||| variable, but most studies I have been shown, interpreted
||| by researches themselves, only a small reduction
||| (;2 kg)and some show no benefit at all.
||
|| Dietary modifications are clearly a required component for
|| successful weight loss. But, so is physical activity for most
|| people. The National Weight Control Registry (
|| http://www.uchsc.edu/nutrition/WyattJortberg/nwcr.htm ) has studied
|| successful "losers" - their database contains information on the
|| habits of more than 3000 Americans who have, on average, lost 60 lbs
|| and kept it off 6 years.
||
|| Based on their studies, they have identified four behaviors common to
|| successful weight loss. Specifically:
||
|| 1) They eat a low-calorie, low-fat diet
||

That's probably due to their bias, though.

|| 2) they monitor themselves by weighing in frequently
||
|| 3) they are very physically active
||
|| 4) and they eat breakfast.
||
|| See http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/102_fat.html
||
|| So, while exercise may not be required for weight loss, it is
|| clearly an important behavior to adopt if one wishes to be
|| successful with weight loss and maintenance over longer time frames.
||
|| --
|| GG
|| http://www.WeightWare.com
|| Your Weight and Health Diary
||
||| Furthermore, most studies show that weight loss induced
||| by exercise alone is inferior to that achieved by diet
||| alone. However, exercise is probably independently
||| important to the well-being of overweight and
||| obese individuals because physical activity increases maximal
||| oxygen uptake and thus cardiorespiratory fitness.
|||
||| Moreover, maintenance of weight loss is
||| facilitated by regular exercise. Unfortunately, the unrealistic
||| expectations of weight loss from exercise regimens
||| that are promoted by many commercial enterprises
||| may lead to disappointment and discontinuation of exercise.
|||
||| Development of a consistently achievable exercise
||| program for each overweight patient is essential. Although
||| it is difficult, even the most obese patients may
||| be able to participate in some form of appropriately
||| designed physical activity. To point, exercise is always
||| preferential but due to the fact that regular exercise may be both
||| difficult, expensive and time consuming, most Americans achieve
||| weight loss/control without it.
|||
||| Let's not forget that the greatest value of aerobic (O2 dependent)
||| exercise is for the health of the cardiorespiratory system.
||| Anaerobic strength training enhances functionality of movement (if
||| properly designed) especially as a person gets older and
||| creates/keeps certain abilities that will be useful in remaining
||| self-determining and maintaining.

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