Britain’s obesity epidemic

Article Type: Food facts From: Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 41, Issue 2

The obese need to eat less rather than expecting to lose excess poundage through exercise alone warned Will Williams, Nutrition and Fitness Advisor for weight-loss programme All About Weight. New research from the energetics group at Aberdeen University demonstrates that for an obese person with a BMI of 35 would have to exercise for at least 5 h/day to reach a more health BMI of 22.