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Regular exercise increases the energetic cost of storing excess nutrients during relapse.
Regular exercise can make the body less efficient at storing excess nutrients, aiding in weight control.
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Our observations reveal a favorable shift in fuel utilization with regular exercise that increases the energetic cost of storing excess nutrients during relapse.
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Exercise reduces appetite and traffics excess nutrients away from energetically efficient pathways of lipid deposition during the early stages of weight regain
Amy Steig et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology · 2011
DOI 10.1152/ajpregu.00212.2011
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