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Article: Physical activity is key to maintaining normal weight after weight loss.
- Article from:
- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- April 20, 2002
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2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Between 1991 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity in the United States increased by almost 50%. Current research efforts are focused on the relative contributions of dietary change and physical inactivity to the increase in overweight and obesity, which together now characterize 55% of the American population.
In an article published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Roland Weinsier and coauthors compared the total free-living energy expenditures of normal weight women who had either maintained or gained weight over the year prior to the study. The most important factor that distinguished those who were ...