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Discussion
Obesity as a disease of the modern age reduces life quality and
satisfaction severely. Thus, effective prevention strategies are
required to minimize its occurrence. Confusion and controversy
exist on the relative importance of eating and exercise in helping to
prevent obesity. This article, therefore, provides a new perspective
that highlights how a delicate balance between eating and exercise
can reduce obesity.
Eating and exercise must have tting circadian patterns to target the
same goal.1–4 Since eating is usually practiced on given rhythms (e.g.,
a minimum of three times major meal eating plus inter-meal snacks
and fruits), it’s tting exercise must also occur on certain rhythms
such that substrate supply and oxidation rates are harmonized.5–7 Any
uncertainty or irregularity in performing exercise may exacerbate
the problem.8–12 One obvious example is when exercise is conducted
irregularly (e.g., once in a while) and over-intensely that stimulates
appetite and causes overeating. The latter increases energy deposition
and fuels a prolonged imbalance of substrate supply and oxidation in
favour of energy supply and obesity.
Exercise does not need to be over-intense to augment weight loss
and prevent obesity. As long as it is practiced regularly, intensely
and joyfully, exercise can fuel a prolonged gradual balance between
nutrient supply and oxidation that prevents unnecessary weight gain.
An ideal strategy is to have physical activity every day and multiple
times a day. However, successful strategies include exercising daily
or every other daily but intensely enough to cause sweating and
prolonged rises in heart rate. Having intense physical activity for
only once a week would neither be sufcient nor completely healthy.
Morning eating and evening exercise are additional examples in
creating a healthy balance between eating and exercise.13
Perfectly, each and every eating-sitting session should have its
corresponding energy-burning exercise session.14–17 The desperately
busy lifestyle may not allow this to be realized. Nonetheless, what can
be done are reduced eating-sitting and increased exercise to maintain
a balance between nutrient supply and oxidation.3–5 For example,
taking multiple small meals a day and performing at least one intense
exercise session daily or every other daily help in narrowing the
balance gap. Maintaining such a balance can be critical in securing a
quality cancer-free lifestyle.2
Implication
Exercise must be performed regularly and frequently and not
necessarily over-intensely but infrequently. Irregular and infrequent
exercise can greatly increase appetite and eating and cause obesity.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to the Ministry of Science Research and Technology
and National Elite Foundation for supporting the author’s global
initiatives and programs of optimizing science edication in the third
millennium.
Conict of interest
The author declares no conict of interest.
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Balance eating and exercise to prevent obesity:
regularity required
Special Issue - 2016
Akbar Nikkhah
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Zanjan, Iran
Correspondence: Akbar Nikkhah, Chief Highly Distinguished
Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of
Agricultural Sciences, University of Zanjan, Foremost Principal
Highly Distinguished Elite-Generating Scientist National Elite
Foundation, Iran, Email anikkha@yahoo.com
Received: May 31, 2016 | Published: June 01, 2016
Abstract
Obesity as a rising problem of the modern age requires meticulous prevention
strategies. This article highlights the significance of a balance between eating and
exercise in overcoming obesity. Increased irregular exercise can greatly increase
appetite and eating and cause obesity. Care must be taken to maintain regular and
moderately intense patterns of exercise to have eating under control.
Keywords: obesity, balance, eating, exercise, regularity
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Citation: Nikkhah A. Balance eating and exercise to prevent obesity: regularity required. Adv Obes Weight Manag Control. 2016;4(6):154‒155.
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