Diet or exercise: Which is better to help you lose weight?
According to the Pew Research Center, about a third (34 percent)
of Americans are neither exercising nor dieting; 17 percent are
doing both; eight percent are dieting but not exercising; and 40
percent are exercising but not dieting. So, who is right? Well,
a recent study appearing in the Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology & Metabolism demonstrated that dieting and
exercise are equally good at taking off the pounds--as long as
the number of calories consumed is the same as the number of
calories burned. And, according to David L. Katz, M.D.,
associate professor of public health and director of the
Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of
Medicine, the answer is simpler than the debate would imply. "It
depends," he says. "Weight loss occurs whenever you burn more
calories than you take in. If you can exercise enough to burn
more calories and would rather do that than cut calories, then
exercise is the way to go. If, however, you're more w