Total Energy Expenditure From Exercise Plateaus At Higher Activity Levels, Study Finds.

reports that a study published online Jan. 28 in the journal Current Biology indicates that “Americans trying to lose weight won’t get the results they desire by slogging through extra miles on the treadmill – they’ll need to cut calories to do it.” After tracking “332 adults in five countries,” including the US, researchers “found that ‘total energy expenditure increases with physical activity at low activity levels but plateaus at higher activity levels.’” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-28/more-exercise-doesn-t-always-mean-losing-weight