Is exercise on a regular basis or on weekends more effective?

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Lee engage in physical activity regularly like it’s done one or two days per week both options produce a loss from weightas the new one suggests study published in Obesity Journal, the flagship publication of the Obesity Society (TOS). The study is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between physical activity patterns and objectively measured body fat mass.

World Health Organization guidelines recommend that adults get at least 150 minutes a week of moderate physical activity, 75 minutes a week of vigorous physical activity, or an equivalent combination of both intensities, but many people find it difficult to meet this recommendation because physical activity is time-consuming in a fast-paced society.

Weekend Warriors Can Lose Weight in Similar Ways

A new study finds that people whom researchers define as “weekend warriors‘-persons who condense his exercise one or two days a week – also I can lose weight from similar shape people who exercise regularly as long as they reach the recommended goals.

“The weekend warrior regimen is worth promoting among people who cannot adhere to the frequency recommended in current guidelines,” said Lihua Zhang, a medical scientist at Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union School of Medicine. . Beijing, China and one of the corresponding authors of the study.

Zhang notes that the study will be of interest to office workers, bus drivers and other employees who have to sit for long periods of time during the workday. “These people are trying to complete their daily exercise plan to compensate for the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle, but they have less free time to go to the gym,” he admits. “Our study may offer them an alternative option to stay healthy.” ” correspond”.

Add what you have activity suitable for “weekend warriors” such as mountaineeringHe hikingHe a ride on the bicycle or Athletics.

Researchers collected data from more than 9,600 participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2011 to 2018. Participants’ ages ranged from 20 to 59 years.

abdominal obesity and was generally assessed using dual energy

Physical activity levels were collected from the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire and classified as inactive, weekend warrior, and regularly active. Linear regression models were used to assess the association between physical activity patterns and obesity rates.

Results showed that 772 participants reported a weekend warrior pattern and 3,277 reported regular activity.

Compared to 5,580 inactive members, both weekend warriors and regularly active groups had abdominal obesityA perimeter from waistA body fat mass And index body weight Below measured by DXA.

The two groups were also younger, more likely to be non-Hispanic white, highly educated, and less likely to be unemployed or have hypertension or diabetes.

“At a high level, this study confirms the old adage about physical activity and health: any activity is better than no activity,” explains Dr. Beverly Chang, assistant professor of clinical medicine at the Weill Cornell Center for Comprehensive Weight Management. York, who was not involved in the study.

“Specifically,” he continues, “the weekend warriors’ workouts were characterized by higher intensity and duration, and higher intensity and duration were correlated with even more lower belly fat. importanthowever, is that people should be active in a way that best suits your lifestyle,” he recalls.

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