., is a professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Virginia. Recently, Angadi and his colleague, Arizona State University professor of exercise physiology, Glenn Gaesser, Ph.D., reviewed 200 past studies and concluded from their analysis that"a weight-centric approach to obesity treatment and prevention has been largely ineffective.
When their study was published, Gaesser noted,"When someone becomes more physically active, that person's body weight may decrease but often does not change, and sometimes can even increase. This can be frustrating if the goal is weight loss. If you change the focus to physical activity as a way to be healthy, this may take that frustration away.", that the power of physical activity to ward off disease is what makes exercise more meaningful than dieting to help you live longer.
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