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When overweight adults walk for 12 weeks at a targeted energy expenditure level, their bodies burn fewer calories at rest and during sleep, reducing total energy expenditure by about 100 calories per day, which offsets some of the calories burned through exercise.
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Multilevel metabolic adaptation to exercise training
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human & Animal
2026 Mar 11When overweight people walked more for 12 weeks, their bodies slowed down their resting and sleeping calorie burning to save energy, which is why they didn’t lose as much weight as expected—even though they were exercising more.
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