Could light, but regular, physical activity be enough to prevent obesity?


By AGENCY

Encourage your children to take long walks, swim, do household chores or cycle daily to fight off the extra kilos of a sedentary lifestyle. — AFP

Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity could be less effective than light physical activity in reducing obesity.

This is the surprising finding of a new international study of over 6,000 children aged 11, followed until the age of 24, which suggested that light but regular physical activity, in the form of long walks, swimming, household chores or cycling, could help prevent obesity linked to a sedentary lifestyle from childhood onwards.

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