More than 45 million Americans now belong to a health club, up from 23 million in 1993. And yet obesity figures have risen dramatically in the same period. The Time Magazine article linked below asks the question -- Since many people get hungry after they exercise and eat more, could exercise actually be keeping them from losing weight?
It is true, as I have long argued, that exercise and diet in combination are key for losing weight -- exercise alone won’t do it. But this article is misleading at best. It not only claims that exercise is useless for weight loss, which is already untrue, but actually makes the argument that exercise is counterproductive. This flies in the face of a mountain of evidence.
Among many other issues, the article completely ignores the fact that exercise is essential for insulin sensitivity and control, which is absolutely vital to maintaining a healthy weight. If an article ignores basic facts of biology, I have to question just how trustworthy it could be.