Exercise & Obesity
1:47 minutes
If you are overweight or obese, or if you tend to regain excess weight after losing it, talk to your doctor and an OptiHealth Medical-Fitness Technician about a Therapeutic Fitness Training program as part of your medical treatment plan.
Video Notes
For people of normal weight, being unfit (sedentary) -- not exercising regularly -- is twice as deadly as being fit.
More importantly, mortality (death) rates increase with increases in weight, but only for the unfit individuals -- who do not get regular exercise.
Fortunately, getting fit (although still obese) makes you healthy = "Fat, but Fit."
There is no significant difference in mortality rates between regular exercisers with a healthy weight and regular exercisers with excess weight (are obese). The important factor is being fit -- exercising regularly.
The number on your scale is less important to your health than the number of minutes you exercise per week.
If you are exercising the recommended 150 minutes per week (30 minutes per day, 5 days per week), you are getting the bulk of the health benefits of exercise, even if your weight does not decrease very much.
Conclusion: Fitness (regular exercise) protects against the negative health effects of being overweight or obese.
Note: Weight reduction and maintenance is most successful with better nutrition (more whole plant foods, and less processed foods), plus 30 minutes of aerobic exercise (walking) 6-7 days per week.
More importantly, mortality (death) rates increase with increases in weight, but only for the unfit individuals -- who do not get regular exercise.
Fortunately, getting fit (although still obese) makes you healthy = "Fat, but Fit."
There is no significant difference in mortality rates between regular exercisers with a healthy weight and regular exercisers with excess weight (are obese). The important factor is being fit -- exercising regularly.
The number on your scale is less important to your health than the number of minutes you exercise per week.
If you are exercising the recommended 150 minutes per week (30 minutes per day, 5 days per week), you are getting the bulk of the health benefits of exercise, even if your weight does not decrease very much.
Conclusion: Fitness (regular exercise) protects against the negative health effects of being overweight or obese.
Note: Weight reduction and maintenance is most successful with better nutrition (more whole plant foods, and less processed foods), plus 30 minutes of aerobic exercise (walking) 6-7 days per week.