A sedentary lifestyle is not the cause of obesity!

Office workers burn as many calories as the African natives, the whole day carrying out on his feet. This means that the obesity epidemic can not be explained by a lack of physical activity.

Researchers Hanterovskogo College in New York found that Western men and women spend almost exactly the same amount of energy each day, as well as their counterparts from some African desert tribes in Tanzania. It turned out that members of the tribe Hadza burn almost as many calories as the group "office plankton" in the US and Europe.

Experts have long thought that our ancestors hunted hunting were so slim as to burn more calories than we are today. Therefore, lack of physical activity can be a major cause of Obesity Epidemic . But published in the journal PLoS ONE study found that the rate of combustion of the most calories for centuries virtually unchanged.

"For the most part we spend calories on something that apparently can not be noticed, - said study author Herman Ponttser. - For example, on the internal organs and the immune system. Physical activity is just the tip of the iceberg. And if you give her some additional time, it means that its spending less on something else, something you do not see. Our study confirmed that a person can lead a different life style, but the level of energy consumption at the same time will remain the same. "

In this way, obesity epidemic   Still not due dislike for the sport and the love of food harmful saturated fats. Our ancestors never consumed this amount of flour food, did not eat so much sugar and had no idea of ​​fast food. That is why they were so slim.

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