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Energy balance
High levels of physical activity can help individuals achieve fat and energy balances at lower levels of body fatness.
Encouraging higher physical activity levels can facilitate better fat management.
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High levels of physical activity should help individuals reach fat and energy balances at lower levels of body fatness than would have been achieved at lower levels of physical activity.
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Source
Physical Activity, Fat Balance, and Energy Balance
James O. Hill et al. · International Journal of Sport Nutrition · 1996
DOI 10.1123/ijsn.6.2.80
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