Based on a recent study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Centre at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, physical activity helps maintain significant weight loss more successfully than a diet. “By providing evidence that a group of successful weight-loss maintainers engages in high levels of physical activity to prevent weight regain – rather than chronically restricting their energy intake,” said Danielle Ostendorf, a postdoctoral fellow at the CU Anschutz Health and Wellness Center.
“Our findings suggest that this group of successful weight-loss maintainers are consuming a similar number of calories per day as individuals with overweight and obesity but appear to avoid weight regain by compensating for this with high levels of physical activity,” said Victoria A. Catenacci, a weight management physician and researcher at CU Anschutz Medical Campus.