Tired of Being Told to Exercise?

I’ll bet you’ve read article after article telling you that you need to exercise to lose weight. While I do believe exercise is important, I’ve often wondered if it isn’t overrated at times. Well, guess what? I could be right.

Katarina Borer, PhD led a new study in which researchers determined that exercise does not reduce hunger in obese women.  Science Daily reports:

Borer and her co-workers sought to better understand how changes in body fat level influence appetite and a hormone called leptin, which in animals curbs appetite when body fat increases. When leptin levels rise, it supposedly shuts off appetite and motivates physical activity to burn calories. However, as obese people become fatter, their leptin levels rise, but they become resistant to the actions of this hormone.

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