Study Shows Exercise Might Aid Weight Loss After All
LatestLots of recent research has downplayed the effect of exercise on weight loss. But now one study says getting active could turn off an “obesity gene.”
According to CBS, researchers studied 218,000 people and found that those with the “fat mass and obesity associated” gene did have an increased risk of obesity. But those who exercised for an hour a day, five days a week, had a lower risk than those who were sedentary — 27% lower, to be exact. Study author Dr. Ruth Loos says, “We hope that studies like ours convince people that even when genetically susceptible, a healthy lifestyle will help in the prevention of weight gain.”