Eating too much, not exercising too little, makes kids fat: Scientist

New York: Taking the traditional wisdom head-on, scientists now report that eating too much — not exercising too little — may be at the core of long-term weight gain in children.

Conventional wisdom suggests that an increasingly sedentary and germ-free lifestyle, resulting in low daily energy expenditure, is a primary factor underlying rising rates of obesity in the US and elsewhere.

“Our study challenge that notion. We demonstrate that Amazonian children with physically active lifestyles and chronic immunological challenges don’t actually burn more calories than much more sedentary children living here in the U.S,” said Samuel Urlacher, assistant professor of anthropology at Baylor University in Texas.

This similarity in energy expenditure suggests that the human body can flexibly balance energy budgets in different contexts. (IANS)

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