WASHINGTON, Nov 11:
Contrary to popular belief, hitting the gym for half an hour or more can reduce your appetite, new studies claim.
A recent study has found that perceived fullness was higher among participants after 12 weeks of aerobic training.
Another study showed that women appeared less hungry on mornings when they walked on a treadmill for 45 minutes compared with mornings they didn’t, ‘Men’s Health’ reported.
“Exercise can definitely suppress hunger,” Barry Braun, director of the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, told Men’s Health.
“In most studies, there is a poor correspondence between appetite and actual food intake,” said Braun.
In other words, just because you may not feel as hungry as normal, it doesn’t prevent you from eating too much after a workout anyway.
A recent study published in the journal Metabolism found that perceived fullness — both while fasting and after eating — was higher among participants after 12 weeks of aerobic training, but not after resistance training for the same amount of time.
Another study out of Brigham Young University revealed that women appeared to be less interested in food on mornings when they walked on a treadmill for 45 minutes than on days they didn’t, the report said.
“The effect of exercise on appetite will likely vary from person to person,” said Paul MacLean, associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Anshutz Medical Center, who has also performed research on the subject. (PTI)
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