Now, a study of 14 participants from the «Biggest Loser» television show provides an answer: physical activity — and much more of it than
public health guidelines suggest.
Not exact matches
Current
public health guidelines recommend a minimum of 150 min of moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) or 75 min vigorous PA (VPA) a week, but self - reported data
suggest that as many as a third of adults globally are not meeting these targets.
While exercise has many potential benefits, this data
suggests that the
public health policy of encouraging more physical activity is having little observable impact on actual waistlines or
health, and that current mainstream exercise trends and
guidelines are not effective.