Topic: overweight

To lose weight with exercise, aim for 300 minutes a week

To lose weight with exercise, aim for 300 minutes a week

Gretchen Reynolds, The New York Times
Updated as of Dec 15 02:24 PM

Can exercise help us shed pounds? An interesting new study involving overweight men and women found that working out can help us lose weight, in part by remodeling appetite hormones. But to benefit, the study suggests, we most likely have to exercise a lot — burning at least 3,000 calories a week. In the study, that meant working out six days a week for up to an hour, or around 300 minutes a week. Read more »

COVID-19 appears to strike men, overweight people harder

COVID-19 appears to strike men, overweight people harder

Olivier Thibault, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 10 10:40 PM

In the emergency rooms of virus hotspots around the world, medical staff are seeing a greater number of men than women suffering severe symptoms of COVID-19, with obesity emerging as another potentially aggravating factor. But experts are still unsure why.    Read more »

1-in-3 young children undernourished or overweight: UNICEF

1-in-3 young children undernourished or overweight: UNICEF

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 15 08:25 AM

PARIS, France - A third of the world's nearly 700 million children under five years old are undernourished or overweight and face lifelong health problems as a consequence, according to a grim UN assessment of childhood nutrition released Tuesday. Read more »

Competition can help overweight people get moving

Competition can help overweight people get moving

Lisa Rapaport, Reuters
Posted at Sep 27 06:11 AM

“Exercising with a friend or partner is definitely more effective for sticking to a goal compared to doing it on your own,” said Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, a researcher at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston who wasn’t involved in the study. Read more »

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