USA Today reports two-thirds of people in the United States are overweight. "Overweight" is defined as being 30 or more pounds over a healthy weight. This means 66% of Americans, because of their weight, are at higher risk for Type 2 Diabetes, heart disease and even some types of cancer.
That's why it is so significant to reduce weight if you are overweight. New research published on the web in the Journal of the American Medical Association compared exercise combined with diet versus diet only. Here's what researchers discovered... At six months, people in the diet-and-exercise group lost an average of 24 pounds and had better reduction in belly fat and liver fat than those in the delayed-exercise group, who lost an average of 18 pounds.
After a year, people in the diet-and-exercise group lost 27 pounds compared to 22 pounds in the delayed-exercise group. "This shows that a traditional diet-and-exercise program can work for people who are very obese," says lead author, Bret Goodpaster, an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Most participants in the study lost between 30-40 pounds... but a handful lost nearly 100.
A study published recently in the September 2008 Journal of Obesity raised a few eyebrows. The study contrasted diet versus exercise for weight loss and reasoned that even though exercise may be good for strengthening bones and muscles, improved mental health and mood, lowering blood pressure, improved cholesterol levels and reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, breast cancer and colon cancer. it may not be the best thing for weight loss in many individuals. According to one of the authors in the study, he stated that We would love to say that physical activity has a positive effect on weight control, but that does not appear to be the case.
Knowing how to control your weight is very important. At New Century Spine Centers in San Diego, the chiropractic doctors regularly treat patients with back pain that also require weight loss.
That's why it is so significant to reduce weight if you are overweight. New research published on the web in the Journal of the American Medical Association compared exercise combined with diet versus diet only. Here's what researchers discovered... At six months, people in the diet-and-exercise group lost an average of 24 pounds and had better reduction in belly fat and liver fat than those in the delayed-exercise group, who lost an average of 18 pounds.
After a year, people in the diet-and-exercise group lost 27 pounds compared to 22 pounds in the delayed-exercise group. "This shows that a traditional diet-and-exercise program can work for people who are very obese," says lead author, Bret Goodpaster, an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Most participants in the study lost between 30-40 pounds... but a handful lost nearly 100.
A study published recently in the September 2008 Journal of Obesity raised a few eyebrows. The study contrasted diet versus exercise for weight loss and reasoned that even though exercise may be good for strengthening bones and muscles, improved mental health and mood, lowering blood pressure, improved cholesterol levels and reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, breast cancer and colon cancer. it may not be the best thing for weight loss in many individuals. According to one of the authors in the study, he stated that We would love to say that physical activity has a positive effect on weight control, but that does not appear to be the case.
Knowing how to control your weight is very important. At New Century Spine Centers in San Diego, the chiropractic doctors regularly treat patients with back pain that also require weight loss.
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