Sports practice and low weight

• May 4, 2024

The obesity and overweight they have become a pandemic, if you do not want to be one more number of statistics, we recommend that you do some sport. Dr. Jorge Lara reveals to you why you should exercise and how to lose weight.

Lara Monroy, Coordinator of Medical Programs of the IMSS, affirms that sedentary lifestyle is a habit that causes severe diseases such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular and emotional problems and degenerative diseases, such as cancer:

"The person is required to exercise 40 to 60 minutes a day, but if the intention is to reduce measures, you must perform high impact activities such as aerobics, weights or cardiovascular exercise."

Sports medicine

Lara Monroy points out that people who want lose weight , they must have a work plan that has nutritional, psychological and physical support to achieve the desired results:

"For example, they are given a list that contains their levels of body mass, weight and measurements; they are oriented, regarding what physical activity they need for their age, complexion and profession and month to month to make an evaluation to analyze their progress ".

Aerobic exercise  

According to the health specialist, if what is intended is lose weight and reduce the percentage of muscle mass, ideally, people do aerobic work:

"For example, the spinning, bicycle, climber or treadmill, are ideal to achieve this, since the intensity is greater and consequently there is a greater expenditure of energy".

Lara Monroy recommends burn more calories of those who ingest and control the consumption of carbohydrates, especially simple ones, such as refined sugar found in sweets, breads, cakes and chocolates.