The Role of Free-Living Daily Walking in Human Weight Gain and Obesity | Zendy

James A. Levine | Zendy; Shelly K. McCrady | Zendy; Lorraine LanninghamFoster | Zendy; Paul H. Kane | Zendy; Randal C. Foster | Zendy; Chinmay U. Manohar | Zendy

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The Role of Free-Living Daily Walking in Human Weight Gain and Obesity

Author(s) -

James A. Levine,

Shelly K. McCrady,

Lorraine LanninghamFoster,

Paul H. Kane,

Randal C. Foster,

Chinmay U. Manohar

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

diabetes

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.219

H-Index - 330

eISSN - 1939-327X

pISSN - 0012-1797

DOI - 10.2337/db07-0815

Subject(s) - obesity , medicine , weight gain , body weight , lean body mass , physical activity , weight loss , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation

Diminished daily physical activity explains, in part, why obesity and diabetes have become worldwide epidemics. In particular, chair use has replaced ambulation, so that obese individuals tend to sit for approximately 2.5 h/day more than lean counterparts. Here, we address the hypotheses that free-living daily walking distance is decreased in obesity compared with lean subjects and that experimental weight gain precipitates decreased daily walking.

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