Evaluation of Alternative Exercise Treatments on Weight Loss in Overweight Women

Gallagher, Kara I.; Jakicic, John M.; Otto, Amy D.; Mohr, Christopher R.; Thomas, Erin L.

doi:10.1249/00005768-200405001-00376

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“…As an example, traditional Amish women and men take 14,000–18,000 steps/day (Bassett et al, 2004) whereas recent U.S. estimates indicate typical modern adults take 5,900–6,900 steps/day (Tudor-Locke et al, 2004, 2009; Wyatt et al, 2005). Evidence is also emerging to suggest that the metabolic ramifications of this behavioral transition are not trivial.…”

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Steps to Preventing Type 2 Diabetes: Exercise, Walk More, or Sit Less?

Tudor‐Locke¹,

Schuna²

2012

Front. Endocrin.

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Accumulated evidence supports the promotion of structured exercise for treating prediabetes and preventing Type 2 diabetes. Unfortunately, contemporary societal changes in lifestyle behaviors (occupational, domestic, transportation, and leisure-time) have resulted in a notable widespread deficiency of non-exercise physical activity (e.g., ambulatory activity undertaken outside the context of purposeful exercise) that has been simultaneously exchanged for an excess in sedentary behaviors (e.g., desk work, labor saving devices, motor vehicle travel, and screen-based leisure-time pursuits). It is possible that the known beneficial effects of more structured forms of exercise are attenuated or otherwise undermined against this backdrop of normalized and ubiquitous slothful living. Although public health guidelines have traditionally focused on promoting a detailed exercise prescription, it is evident that the emergent need is to revise and expand the message to address this insidious and deleterious lifestyle shift. Specifically, we recommend that adults avoid averaging <5,000 steps/day and strive to average ≥7,500 steps/day, of which ≥3,000 steps (representing at least 30 min) should be taken at a cadence ≥100 steps/min. They should also practice regularly breaking up extended bouts of sitting with ambulatory activity. Simply put, we must consider advocating a whole message to “walk more, sit less, and exercise.”

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