{"id":10017,"date":"2025-02-22T23:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T15:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=10017"},"modified":"2025-02-22T23:19:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T15:19:27","slug":"moderate-exercise-keeps-appetite-at-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/moderate-exercise-keeps-appetite-at-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Moderate exercise keeps appetite at bay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A study involving researchers at Murdoch University\u2019s Health Futures Institute has revealed that moderate-intensity exercise can significantly influence appetite-related hormones and perceptions in males with obesity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study, titled \u201cAcute effect of exercise on appetite-related factors in males with obesity,\u201d provides new insights into how exercise can aid appetite control and weight management.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the study authors,\u00a0Associate Professor Timothy Fairchild\u00a0from Murdoch\u2019s\u00a0School of Allied Health, said the study confirms their previous work showing the benefits of incorporating regular exercise into daily routines for individuals looking to manage their weight and improve their overall health.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople understand that exercise helps \u2018burn energy\u2019. A lot of people assume that exercise also increases hunger and energy intake afterwards,\u201d Associate Professor Timothy Fairchild said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have previously shown, using high-intensity exercise, that this is not the case.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis latest study shows that even moderate-intensity exercise can have immediate and beneficial effects on appetite control in males with obesity.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study not only assessed food intake and appetite, but also measured changes in hormones which help to regulate appetite.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDespite a strong focus on weight loss drugs in society at present, this study shows that lifestyle factors still have a strong and relevant role in helping people to live their healthiest life,\u201d Associate Professor Fairchild said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn fact, the hormones which have been shown to increase after exercise, are the same hormones which the most successful weight loss drugs are mimicking.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe added benefit of exercise is that you also receive the additional physical and mental health benefits of exercise\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full study&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.14814\/phy2.70167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Acute effect of exercise on appetite-related factors in males with obesity: A pilot study<\/a>&nbsp;can be found in&nbsp;<em>Physiological Reports<\/em>&nbsp;journal.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moderate-intensity exercise can significantly influence appetite-related hormones and perceptions in males with obesity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[802,20],"class_list":["post-10017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellness-2","tag-exercise","tag-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10021,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017\/revisions\/10021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}