True or False: Exercise is Better Than Dieting For Weight Loss

False.  It is easier to reduce calorie intake by a given amount (e.g. by 1000 calories/day) than to burn the same amount of calories in exercise.  For this reason, restriction of food intake (‘dieting’) is more likely to be successful in the early stages of a weight loss program.  Exercise may be more important than dieting in the maintenance stage after effective weight loss.

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Dorothy Palmer

Sr. Research Scientist

R&D Diet Cookie

A 'cookie diet' is simply a number of 'mini meals' eaten throughout the day!

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