People nowadays are more health-conscious than they used to be. They understand that good health is above wealth. Though all the contestants lost dozens of pounds through extreme diets and hours of exercise at the end of the show, by the six-year mark their waistlines had largely rebounded. But the most remarkable finding was that the participants' metabolisms had vastly slowed down through the study period. They were essentially burning about 500 fewer calories (about a meal's worth) each day than would be expected given their weight.
It's not that simple, though, since obesity is also life-threatening when you consider all the diseases and conditions, from diabetes to heart and lung disease, that come along with being seriously overweight. The last time I wrote about this subject for Forbes, I heard loudly and angrily from obesity groups, who herald the arrival of any new weight loss drug as life-saving news for those who feel they have no other recourse to lose weight. However, I continue to believe in the research - including convincing long-term analysis by the National Weight Control Registry - that says careful adherence to a low-calorie diet and consistent exercise plan is the safest, healthiest, and most effective way to lose weight and keep it off.
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They cast a wide geographic net, recruiting 332 adults from Ghana, South Africa, Seychelles, Jamaica, and the United States. Tracking the study participants for eight days, they gathered data on physical activity and energy burned using accelerometers. They classified people into three types: the sedentary folks, the moderately active (who exercised two or three times per week), and the super active (who exercised about every day). Importantly, these were people who were already doing a certain amount of activity, not people who were randomized to working out at various levels.
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