Exercise is marketed as heavily as it ever has been and more people say that they are exercising on a regular basis. And yet, we still, as a nation, get fatter and fatter. So what gives? Is exercise really helping us lose weight?
The numbers, sadly, don’t add (or subtract) up. Many people who exercise limit the benefits by eating a lot more food.
“In general, for weight loss, exercise is pretty useless,” says Eric Ravussin, chair in diabetes and metabolism at Louisiana State University and a prominent exercise researcher. Many recent studies have found that exercise isn’t as important in helping people lose weight as you hear so regularly in gym advertisements…
Of course, there are numerous benefits to exercise that are totally unrelated to weight, so don’t let this post keep you from your workout.
