Obesity leads to decreased physical activity over time
Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
Obesity leads to a decrease in physical activity over time, researchers have confirmed. The exercise science team used accelerometers to measure the actual movement and intensity of activity for 254 female participants, 124 of which were obese. Over the course of 20 months, physical activity dropped by eight percent for the group of obese individuals.