Open AccessIs Exercise Effective for Weight Loss With Ad Libitum Diet? Energy Balance, Compensation, and Gender Differences
Author(s) -
Joseph Donnelly,
Bryan Smith
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
exercise and sport sciences reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.945
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1538-3008
pISSN - 0091-6331
DOI - 10.1097/00003677-200510000-00004
Subject(s) - weight loss , energy expenditure , balance (ability) , energy balance , compensation (psychology) , medicine , body weight , physical therapy , endocrinology , psychology , obesity , biology , social psychology , ecology
Exercise generally results in less weight loss than expected and it is frequently observed that men and women do not respond equally to exercise for weight loss. This may be caused by differences in compensation by other components of energy balance or to differences in the energy expenditure of exercise observed between genders.