1868WALK DAMMIT!!!

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Jan. 20, 2004

 

 

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Do This. Never Gain a Pound

You don't need a diet. You don't need to join a gym. You don't need
to spend a fortune outfitting your basement with a treadmill and
exercise bike. All you need to do is walk briskly for 30 minutes a
day, and it's very likely you'll never gain another pound. Better
yet, you might even lose a few pounds. So says a new study from
researchers at Duke University.

The Associated Press reports that the study confirms conventional
wisdom: Exercise without cutting calories is not the most effective
way to lose weight. But it also shows that even small amounts of
exercise alone can prevent weight gain--and that's significant
considering the growing obesity problem in the United States. "That's
important because on average we gain about a pound of fat a year from
age 25 to 55 in this country," Dr. Samuel Klein, director of the
Center for Human Nutrition at Washington University School of
Medicine in St. Louis, told AP. "Preventing that would be very
important.

The study: 120 overweight or mildly obese men and women between the
ages of 40 to 65 were divided into three groups. The first group was
told to do no exercise. The second group walked briskly 11 miles a
week, while the third jogged 17 miles a week. They were all
instructed not to diet during the eight-month study period.

The results:
Those who did no exercise gained on average almost 2.5 pounds.
73 percent of those who walked briskly 11 miles a week (or 30 minutes
a day) maintained their weight and some even lost a few pounds.
Those who did vigorous exercise by jogging about 17 miles a week lost
an average of nearly eight pounds over the eight month study period--
without dieting. They also lost more than 10 pounds of body fat and
gained three pounds of lean body mass on average.

The takeaway: Walking can prevent that typical annual weight gain of
one to two pounds. Just think! You could be a svelte and sexy senior
citizen. The study findings were published in the Archives of
Internal Medicine.