Calorie Burning Exercise Keeps Americans From Gaining
More Weight
Burning just 100 calories per day can help prevent weight gain for Americans,
according to research published in Science Magazine. People can keep obesity at
bay through either calorie burning exercise such as
treadmill workouts
or by eliminating 100 calories per day from their diet. That’s the news
Americans need to hear and calorie burning exercise is a sound solution that can
keep us motivated,” said Alison Kretser, spokesperson for the American Council
for Fitness and Nutrition.
The obesity epidemic is most likely rooted in an energy gap between the
increased number of calories consumed and the fewer calories burned through
physical activity, according to Dr. James O. Hill and colleagues who studied
data collected by the National Health and Nutrition Examination survey (NHANES)
and the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Dr.
Hill's research has come to the conclusion that by eliminating 100 calories per
day through calorie burning exercise or cutting down on your food intake could
mean the difference between a typical weight gain of two pounds per year or
keeping your weight.
“Simple lifestyle changes can have a major impact on quality of life. Energy
balance is within almost everyone's reach by increasing easy, enjoyable daily
activity to get started on your calorie burning exercise, and consuming slightly
less at meals. Many people can do this without altering their typical life
patterns,” noted Dr. Hill, Director, Center for Human Nutrition, University of
Colorado Health Sciences Center, and a member of the American Council for
Fitness & Nutrition’s Advisory Board.
In the article, “Obesity and the Environment: Where Do We Go from Here?”, the
authors offer simple behavioral solutions for combating the obesity epidemic and
losing 100 calories from total intake.
- Eat about 15 percent less of your meal equal to three
bites of a restaurant hamburger.
- Take a 15 to 20 minute walk, which equals approximately one
mile. This easy calorie burning exercise can be done at once or divided up
during the day.
- Add 2,000 2,500 steps to your day via lifestyle
activities such as taking the stairs, parking a little farther from your
destination, or conducting a meeting with your colleagues during a walk.
The American Council for Fitness & Nutrition, a non-profit
organization formed by the food and beverage industry, supports lasting
solutions for improving health and fitness, such as those recommended by Dr.
Hill and his colleagues.
ACFN also offers suggestions for Americans to balance daily calories, such as:
- Balance your diet with lower-fat versions of your favorite
foods, such as leaner cuts of meat, reduced-fat dairy products, or baked snack
foods
- When picking condiments, try one teaspoon of mustard rather
than one tablespoon of mayonnaise.
- Remember that household chores, such as gardening,
vacuuming, washing windows, or shoveling snow, are all forms of calorie
burning exercise.
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