We’ve been overselling exercise as a weight-loss tool

Experts break down why working out isn’t the best way to burn calories.

You’re not burning as many calories as you think you are with exercise — here’s why

Burn more, weigh less. Sounds simple, right? Not exactly. A new study is challenging conventional wisdom about exercise and ...
Berkshire Eagle

Exercising to lose weight? Science says it rarely works

When Herman Pontzer began studying the metabolisms of the Hadza, a tribe of modern hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, for a 2012 study, he assumed they’d be incinerating calories like a furnace. They were ...

Scientists say exercise may not burn as many calories as you think

A just-released study reexamines whether the body compensates for exercise by conserving energy elsewhere—and why diet may ...

Exercise doesn’t help with weight loss; research finds this food type is the ‘main culprit’ for fat gain

When it comes to weight loss, research suggests exercise is not half as effective. It’s rather your diet that determines your ...
NPR

Diet, not lack of exercise, is driving obesity

What's behind the obesity epidemic? Conventional wisdom would tell you it's that we don't move enough and we eat too many calories. But a large new international study suggests it's not sedentary ...
Yahoo

Exercising to lose weight? Science says it rarely works.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young Hispanic female intensely pedals a stationary bike in a gym. She wears a blue sports bra and white pants, surrounded by gym ...