- Researchers found that most of these people probably live a ‘typical’ life
- This means that they drive their children to school, sit at a
desk all day and then watch TV or play computer games in the
evenings - The average obese man gets just 3.6 hours of vigorous exercise a year
- Vigorous exercise is defined as that which burns fat, such as jogging
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Emma Innes
11:52 EST, 24 February 2014
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13:29 EST, 24 February 2014
The average obese woman takes just one hour of vigorous exercise a year, new research has revealed
Obese women get just one hour of vigorous exercise each year, new research has revealed.
While women are the laziest, men are not much better.
The average obese man was found to take less than four hours of vigorous exercise a year.
Dr Edward Archer, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, told HealthDay: ‘They’re living their lives from one chair to another.
‘We didn’t realise we were that sedentary. There are some people who are vigorously active, but it’s offset by the huge number of individuals who are inactive.’
The researchers looked at the results of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2006 of 2,600 U.S. adults.
The data revealed the adults’ weight, diets and how much they exercised.
It showed that the average obese woman takes about one hour of exercise a year while the average obese man takes 3.6 hours of vigorous exercise a year.
This means that the average obese person takes less than one minute of vigorous exercise a day.
The researchers defined vigorous exercise as that which burns fat, such as jogging.
Dr Archer, who was at the University of South Carolina when the research was carried out, told HealthDay: ‘There is a great deal of variability – some are moving probably a fair amount. But the vast majority [of people] are not moving at all.’
He explained that most of these people probably live a ‘typical’ life in that they drive their children to school, they sit at a desk all day and then they watch TV or play computer games in the evenings.
While the findings are startling, some experts believe they are a little misleading.
John Jakicic, chair of the department of health and physical activity at the University of Pittsburgh, said the definition of vigorous used by the researchers was limited.
He explained that it was not based on their fitness level.
The average obese man takes just 3.6 hours of vigorous exercise a year. The average obese person takes less than a minute’s vigorous exercise a day
For example, he said that for very obese people just walking should be counted as vigorous exercise.
Despite this, Dr Archer says lessons can be learnt from the findings.
He argues that taking just 30 minutes of exercise five days a week can prevent weight gain and benefit overall health.
He said people do not need to go to the gym as just standing rather than sitting or walking rather than driving can have dramatic impacts.
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Reubenene,
Victoria, Australia,
43 minutes ago
Another attack on women, DM! If you look at statistics, there are more obese MEN than women, so why do you always target females in your many articles on obesity?
JAS,
TEXAS,
moments ago
arielcoverage,
Dallas, United States,
1 hour ago
Sexy
lisa3,
london,
1 hour ago
it will be the fault of the nurses, as the recent floods were
Beach Rose,
Morro Bay,
1 hour ago
You did it again, DM! Your headline on this article should say “womenâ€, not “womanâ€, since you seem to be referring to more than one female.
Lea,
York, United Kingdom,
1 hour ago
Right, I am off to the gym now.
tangerinedream,
Dry Heat, United States,
1 hour ago
It’s your own fault for not making time to exercise before or after work…don’t blame your job, or the fact that you have to watch tv… you are what you eat.
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