The Claim
Overweight adolescent boys exhibit a partial compensatory reduction in spontaneous physical activity energy expenditure for up to six days following a single bout of moderate or vigorous exercise, and this reduction does not fully offset the increased energy expenditure from the exercise session.
What the research says
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In overweight adolescent boys, a single session of moderate or vigorous exercise leads to a temporary decrease in daily movement energy expenditure over the next six days, but this decrease is not enough to cancel out the extra calories burned during the exercise.
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Overweight adolescent boys exhibit partial compensatory reduction in spontaneous physical activity energy expenditure for up to six days following a single bout of moderate or vigorous exercise, but this compensation does not fully offset the increased energy expenditure from the exercise session.
After intense exercise, the brain reduces the drive to move spontaneously because muscles are tired and energy stores are low, so the body moves less for several days, but not enough to cancel out the extra calories burned during the workout.
What the research says
1 studyAfter working out, these boys moved a little less the next few days, but they still burned more total calories than if they hadn’t worked out at all. So the extra calories from exercise weren’t fully canceled out.
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