Thread by @nick_krontiris

In this one, an intervention of 200 minute of walking per day was associated with profound effects on the metabolic profile of the participant, a reduced body weight, similar in magnitude to that seen after bariatric surgery, and increased fatty acid beta-oxidation.

- This was a feasibility study of a subject who performed an exercise intervention of low-intensity, non-fatiguing walking on a deskmill/treadmill for 200 minutes daily, approximately the average time a German spends watching television per day, for 6 days a week, for 4 weeks.

- Data suggested that walking can have a profound effect on the metabolism of a person – an effect that is visible both acutely as well as after 1.5 days.

- In total, a weight loss of 8.2 kg or 7.0% or −2.5 BMI units (kg/m2) in just 4 weeks of intervention was observed, which is about half of what is observed in the first month after bariatric surgery.

Walking 200 min per day keeps the bariatric surgeon away (open access)

doi.org/10.1016/j.heli…

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