80 Minutes a Week Keeps off Visceral Fat
A study of women who lost weight showed that 80 minutes a week of exercise helped keep off dangerous visceral body fat for a year, even if they regained some of the lost weight. The study by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that both aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking, and resistance strength training exercise helped keep off the visceral fat.
The study had participants exercise twice a week for 40 minutes at a time. Those who were in the exercise group but weren’t faithful to it had as bad or worse regain of fat as those who didn’t exercise. It was a small study with only 57 participants.
Visceral fat is “fat on the inside” fat often seen as abdominal fat or “beer belly.” It can surround the internal organs and is associated with a higher risk of type II diabetes.
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Source: Gary R. Hunter, et. al. “Exercise Training Prevents Regain of Visceral Fat for 1 Year Following Weight Loss.”Obesity (2009) doi:10.1038/oby.2009.316.
80 Minutes a Week Keeps off Visceral Fat originally appeared on About.com Walking on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 09:47:53.
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