Overeating Faulted in US Obesity Epidemic, Not Lack of Exercise
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In examining the eating and exercise patterns of Americans over the past 30 years, a team of researchers based in Australia has concluded that Americans’ weight gain “seems to be virtually all due to the consumption of more calories, with declines in physical activity playing only a minor role,” Reuters reported.The study, led by a team at the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Obesity Prevention at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, suggests that “energy intake” is a more important factor in combating obesity than exercise.
“[W]hen it comes to placing priorities, I think it needs to be on reducing energy intake,” said Professor Boyd A. Swinburn, the director of the center.
