ReviewCurrent nutrition reports2023
Compensatory Responses to Exercise Training As Barriers to Weight Loss: Changes in Energy Intake and Non-exercise Physical Activity.
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- Impact of aerobic training on body composition profiles among postmenopausal women with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of physical activity on caloric and macronutrient intake in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of home-based exercise with or without a Mediterranean-style diet on adiposity markers in postmenopausal women: A randomized-control trial.Physiological reports · 2025Trial
- Waking-hour movement patterns and all-cause mortality: A multi-dimensional accelerometer analysis in the UK Biobank.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2026Article
- An exploratory analysis of 24-h movement behaviors in individuals with cancer completing a 12-week resistance exercise intervention.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Multilevel metabolic adaptation to exercise training.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Exercise Timing and its Effects on Eating Behavior, Weight, and Body Composition: A Systematic Scoping Review to Identify Gaps and Inform Future Research.Current nutrition reports · 2026Article
- Aerobic Training-Induced Changes in Sedentary Time, Non-Exercise Physical Activity, and Sleep Among Breast Cancer Survivors and Postmenopausal Women Without Cancer.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Influencing Factors of Disordered Eating Behavior Among Chinese University Students: The Moderating Role of Physical Activity in the Body Status Chain Mediation Model.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Weight-control compensatory behaviors patterns and correlates: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Why you should not skip tailored exercise interventions when using incretin mimetics for weight loss.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewExercise can increase total energy expenditure to very high levels and therefore induce sizable energy deficits that, under carefully controlled conditions, elicit clinically significant weight loss. In real life, however, this is seldom the case among people with overweight or obesity, suggesting the existence of compensatory mechanisms that mitigate exercise-induced negative energy balance. Most studies have focused on possible compensatory changes in energy intake, and comparably little attention has been paid to compensatory changes in the physical activity patterns outside of the prescribed exercise, i.e., non-exercise physical activity (NEPA). The purpose of this paper is to review studies that have assessed changes in NEPA in response to an increase in exercise-induced energy expenditure. RECENT
findingsThe available studies examining changes in NEPA in response to exercise training are methodologically heterogeneous, conducted in participants with different age, gender, and body adiposity, and examined responses to varying exercise regimens over a varying duration. About 67% of all studies-80% of short-term (≤ 11 wks, n = 5) and 63% of long-term (> 3 months, n = 19) studies-demonstrate a compensatory decrease in NEPA upon starting a structured exercise training program. A compensatory decrease in other physical activities of daily life upon starting exercise training is a relatively common compensatory response-and probably more common than an increase in energy intake-that may be instrumental in attenuating the energy deficit caused by exercise, and thus preventing weight loss.
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