Researchers from Duke University of North Carolina, US, have monitored people who did aerobics for 8 months and compared them to those who did just weights lifting.
The group of participants into study lost almost 20 times as much fat around their stomachs.
Cris Slentz, from Duke University, who undertook the study, said:
“Resistance training is great for improving strength and increasing lean body mass.
“But aerobic exercise is better for losing belly fat because it burns more calories.”
Other study’s findings showed that those who combined weights lifting and aerobics didn’t see any further health benefits than those who only did aerobic, in terms of insulin resistance and liver fat, as Live Science reported.
According to specialists, “belly fat” is defined as visceral fat, which is found deep in the stomach that surrounds the internal organs, as opposed to subcutaneous fat that is found underneath the skin.
Visceral fat is more threatening to health, as it lies closer to the organs and is associated with diabetes, heart disease and certain types of cancer.
Duke University researchers studied 196 overweight, sedentary adults between 18 and 70 ages, who were divided into three exercise groups – aerobics, weights lifting and combined.
Cris Slentz added:
“When it comes to increased health risks, where fat is deposited in the body is more important than how much fat you have.
“What really counts is how much exercise you do, how many miles you walk and how many calories you burn.
“If you choose to walk at a lower aerobic intensity, it will simply take longer to burn the same amount of unhealthy fat.”
The study will be published in the American Journal of Physiology Endocrinology and Metabolism.
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