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In overweight adults, regular aerobic exercise is linked to a small decrease in the size of the liver and kidneys, which might lower the body's resting energy use because these organs consume a lot of energy. This connection does not prove that exercise causes the lower metabolic rate.

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Multilevel metabolic adaptation to exercise training

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human & Animal
2026 Mar 11

When overweight people do regular aerobic exercise like walking, their liver and kidneys get a bit smaller, and their body burns fewer calories at rest — which might explain why they don’t lose as much weight as expected. This study found exactly that.

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