Thursday, March 26, 2009

How much exercise to maintain, loose or prevent regain weight?

Do you know that :
66.3% of adults in USA are overweight or obese and the cost of treatment of weight reduction
is estimated to exceed $117 billion annually ?

• Benefits of weight loss: reduced risk for
CVD, decreased blood pressure, improved
Lipid profile and glucose tolerance

How "much" exercise ?


ACSM is “American College of Sports Medicine” made a
retrospective analysis of all the research studies after
1999 and came up with these latest 2009
recommendations on:
• how much PA (Physical Activity) for:
– Prevention of weight gain
– Weight loss
– Prevention of weight “regain” after weight loss

For example : To Loose weight

PA of 420 min*wk -1 -> 5-7.5 kg weight loss (>3% loss)
in 12 weeks
Additional Energy restriction is needed:
Deficit of 500-700 Kcal * d -1 for 12
weeks to loose 7.5 (8%) and 5.9 kg
(6.5%)respectively.

These are useful guidelines. Read more on

http://www.davanticycling.com/documents/HowmuchPAforMaintain-Looseorpreventionofweightregain.pdf

and forward to friends, relatives, parents who need weight management. Let's save lives.
YES, "enough" physical activity can help preventing diseases and kill our National health bill.

Luisa

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