Re: More Exercise Not Enough to Cut Weight
- From: "dorsy1943" <dtms69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 15 Oct 2006 05:21:55 -0700
Thirty minutes of exercise three times a week? This is nothing if the
kids spend the rest of the time in front of a tv or computer game. My
own grandchildren can't sit still. I cannot imagine them getting only
three half hours of exercise a week. That study was a waste of money
and done by people with no common sense.
Dolores
TC wrote:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aLAPybnm57bo&refer=uk
More Exercise Not Enough to Cut Youngsters' Weight, Study Finds
By Frances Schwartzkopff
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Special exercise classes for children in day care
won't alone prevent obesity, and changes in diet and behaviour,
including those of parents, probably are needed, according to a study
in today's British Medical Journal.
The research found little change in the body mass index of 231
4-year-olds after they had participated in 30-minute exercise classes
three times a week for six months. Parents also received educational
material. Body mass index, which is calculated from a person's weight
and height, is an indirect method for measuring body fat.
``Successful interventions to prevent obesity in early childhood may
require changes not just at nursery, school and home but in the wider
environment,'' the study's authors concluded. ``Further research is
needed to identify successful and sustainable interventions for
prevention of obesity and promotion of physical activity in young
children.''
The number of overweight and obese children is growing worldwide, and
so too are their health problems, experts say. Overweight children face
a variety of issues, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol
and high insulin levels. These can follow them into adulthood, leading
to heart disease and diabetes. The World Health Organization estimates
at least 20 million children under the age of 5 are overweight, and
more than 1.6 billion adults.
``It's crucial to encourage good exercise habits from an early age,''
said Mike Knapton, director of Prevention and Care at the British Heart
Foundation in a prepared statement. ``What this study does reinforce is
that we need to try and get the whole package right from the earliest
years, not just one lifestyle aspect.''
The study found the classes improved the children's motor skills. This,
the study said, ``might foster an increase in activity levels in the
future by increasing confidence or ability or both, in children to
carry out physical activity and may have direct effects on body fat
content in the long term.''
The lack of change in the children's body mass may have resulted from
the exercise classes being an ``inadequate dose'' of activity, and from
the fact that a variety of factors affect body mass, the study said. It
also said more parent involvement might have reduced the children's
weight.
The study involved children at 36 day care centers in Glasgow,
Scotland, of whom 250 were in a control group that didn't have special
exercise classes. Sixty-two percent of those in the exercise classes
were overweight, and 61 percent in the control group were overweight.
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What does this say about all the experts who insist that the main
reason for obesity in the first place is lack of exercise? The problem
is in the massive amounts of refined carbs in the diet. If exercise is
the answer, then it would have to be constant day-long, every day
physcial exertion and not just casual exercise.
Would it not be easier to just cuts the carbs in the first place?
TC
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