But from a public health perspective it's not likely to substantively increase exercise adherence in the under-exercising senior population".
The researchers found that cutting into TV time did not increase exercise levels.
"In that sense, trying to lose weight with a healthy diet, not a crash diet, and trying to increase exercise is something they should consider.
While some drugs will raise blood levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, the most effective means of increasing it is to avoid cigarette smoke and increase exercise.
A 2006 University of Iowa study published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise also found that walking with a weighted vest can raise caloric burn by about 7percentt and increase exercise intensity.
A pound of fat contains 3,500 calories, government documents say, and if you cut down a week's worth of food intake or increase exercise by a total of 3,500 calories, then, voilà — you lose a pound.
New York, which, like a handful of other states, is considering ways to increase exercise in schools, already prohibits food of "minimal nutritional value" from being sold until after lunch.
Or why not reduce calorie intake by 10percentt and increase exercise (and calories burned) by 15percentt, so that a subject's calorie deficit still equals about 25percentt?
With so many children struggling with obesity, dog-walking is being investigated as a strategy to increase exercise in children - as some studies have shown it can do in adults.
But in 2007, with the blessing of Gov. Haley Barbour, the state began to attack the problem with legislation intended to reduce fat in school lunches and to increase exercise programs.
The way to increase exercise is to promote physical education classes, recess and classroom breaks during the school day; encouraging after-school sports and walking or biking to school when feasible would also help.
