Apparently, some people spend more time in sedentary than other reclining in their chairs or armchairs. And that difference could be key to determining who will gain weight and who is going to stay slim.

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic believe they are not traveling to the gym, but the rhythm of daily activities which is the determining factor for setting the weight of each person, as a small study of people who describe themselves as sedentary .

The scientists found that obese people studied sat for 150 minutes a day more than lean people who participated in the study. This meant that the first burn about 350 calories less than the latter.

The researchers took into account the role of routine activities such as walking, talking, sitting and standing.

If the overweight subjects might adopt the behavior of their lean counterparts, it would mean a loss of about 15 kilos a year, the study said. And it would be necessary to even go to the gym to get that weight reduction.

“I think our study is a ray of hope, because 50 years ago our biological conditions were the same, but obesity was not prevalent in the United States,” said study director, the endocrinologist James Levine.

“If we could return to the activity levels 50 years ago, we would have the potential to go backwards in terms of obesity,” he said.

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