Medical Xpress December 30, 2024
An Imperial College researcher with colleagues in Iran has found dose-response effects of aerobic exercise in measures of overweight and obese adults. Clinically significant improvements were observed in individuals who performed moderate to vigorous aerobic exercise at least 150 minutes per week.
Global obesity prevalence has tripled in the past 45 years, leading to more than 50% of adults worldwide being overweight or obese. Obesity has the highest death-related disease risk, according to the 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study.
Current guidelines recommend aerobic exercise as a key component of weight management, with 150 minutes per week often cited as the minimum threshold for meaningful weight loss.
These recommendations rely heavily on individual trials, and the researchers wanted to test...
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