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Half hour not enough.


Half an hour of brisk Brisk as a proper name may refer to:
  • Brest, Belarus (Brest-Litovsk) Brisk (בריסק) is the city's name in Yiddish
  • The Brisk yeshivas and methods, a school of Jewish thought originated by the Soloveitchik family of Brest.
 walking every day can make you healthier, but it may not be enough to help you lose weight and keep it off.

In a study of 202 overweight Overweight

Refers to an investment position that is larger than the generally accepted benchmark.

Notes:
For example, if a company normally holds a portfolio whose weighting of cash is 10%, and then increases cash holdings to 15%, the portfolio would have an overweight
 and obese o·bese
adj.
Extremely fat; very overweight.



obese

characterized by obesity.

obese adjective Characterized by obesity, see there; excessively fat
 men and women, those who were told to burn 1,000 calories a week (1/2 hour of brisk walking a day) kept off less weight after 1 1/2 years than those who were told to burn 2,500 calories a week (11/2 hours of brisk walking a day). The heavy exercisers lost 20 pounds after six months, but gained back five pounds by the end of the study. The light exercisers lost 18 pounds and regained nine.

What to do: Exercise partners helped people burn 2,500 calories a week in this study. Not a bad idea.

Amer. J. Clin. Nutr. 78: 684, 2003.
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Title Annotation:Quick Studies; walking
Publication:Nutrition Action Healthletter
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 1, 2003
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