From Your Health Journal…..”A great article written by Matthew Mientka in Medical Daily out of Australia entitled Moderate Exercise Won’t Fight Obesity–But Experts Advise ‘Incidental’ Bouts Of Activity. New research suggests that moderate exercise won’t help most people avoid becoming overweight or obese-or to keep weight off once they’ve lost it. Obesity is on the rise all over the world, as sedentary lifestyle is replacing physical activity – technology is more popular than playing outside, diets are less nutritious and larger in size, and a host of other concerns. Now, in Australia, it is now internationally recommended that 45 to 60 minutes of moderate-intensity daily physical activity is the minimum required… without reduction in current energy intake. In Australia alone, 14 million Australians fall into the overweight or obese category. Please visit the Medical Daily web site (link provided below) to read the complete article.”

From the article…..

Moderate exercise won’t help most people avoid becoming overweight or obese-or to keep weight off once they’ve lost it.

Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council mentioned the obvious, that a high-calorie, high-fat Western diet combined with decreasing levels of physical activity has put more people at risk of health ailments. But experts now recommend 60 to 90 minutes of moderate-intensity activity per day for formerly obese people.

“In the current environment of abundant availability, promotion and consumption of energy-dense food, it is now internationally recommended that 45 to 60 minutes of moderate-intensity daily physical activity is the minimum required… without reduction in current energy intake,” the Australian government reported.

However, experts temper their recommendations to avoid discouraging people from giving up entirely. Dr. Amanda Lee, chairperson of the health organization’s dietary guidelines committee, said she wouldn’t want to discourage anyone with time for only 30 minutes or so of exercise per day.

“At this stage the national activity guidelines still recommend 30 minutes of moderate activity a day,” she said. “Even then, not even 50 percent of the population is managing that, so I would be reluctant to tell everyone that they now need to find an hour.”

Lee said Westerners must make either substantial dietary changes or significantly increase levels of physical activity.

“There’s no denying we have a huge problem with what’s called energy balance. Simply speaking we are eating way too much poor-quality, energy-dense food for the amount of daily exercise we’re getting,” Lee says. “The reality is if finding the extra time in your day to burn off that energy through exercise is just not possible, then it’s important you eat less food and of better quality.”

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