Monday, 17 July 2017

Does exercise facilitate body weight control? The answer may depend on sex.

(Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior) Healthcare practitioners regularly prescribe diet and exercise as a method for patients to lose weight. But exercise might not be equally effective in males and females, according to new research conducted at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus.In a study conducted in rats, graduate student Rebecca Foright fed both male and female rats a high fat diet and then trained half of them to run on a treadmill.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2vwjtN0

No comments:

Post a Comment