Exercise and Appetite
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10:04AMExercise can make you hungrier but it also can tamp down your appetite so you eat less and lose weight. The trouble is, that doesn't always happen. Australian researchers observed the differences in a study of 58 overweight and obese adults who began a 12 week exercise program designed to burn 500 calories per session. Overall, the investigators found that all the study subjects were hungrier for a meal after exercise than they had been before they began to exercise. However, some were more easily satisfied by their breakfasts than they had been prior to exercising while others who didn't drop as many pounds as they had hoped said that they were hungrier for their breakfasts than they had been before joining the study and remained hungrier throughout the day than they used to be. The researchers don't have an explanation for the difference in appetite but speculated that physical activity may trigger hunger and also boost the sensitivity of the body's fullness-signaling system. The study was published in the October 2009 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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I do agree that exercise makes you more obsess to the food but the more beneficial effect of Exercise it really make use of your body to work well. :)