The study shows- if you want to summarise it very broadly in a single sentence- that energy expenditure doesn't increase as expected with increasing activity; it tends to level off above moderate levels of activity.
Study reveals the bleeding obvious
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The study shows- if you want to summarise it very broadly in a single sentence- that energy expenditure doesn't increase as expected with increasing activity; it tends to level off above moderate levels of activity.
ie rather than being a statement of the bleeding obvious the study points to a counterintuitive result
did the OPbother to read the report?
Spinney
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I suspect none of the first five posters read it.
classic33
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12,000 last year alone. You've been beat to it!Sounds like a good subject for a study - where could I get the funding to carry it out?
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Shut Up Legs
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Yes, I read the full report, and so the statement I made is still correct. Your rude reply is unnecessary.
ColinJ
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Have you found an 'Internet Database of Studies of the Bleeding Obvious'?
Spinney
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I beg to differ. Your opening post clearly implied that that was all the report said. It was not, and their findings about the body becoming more efficient with increasing levels of exercise (and therefore not needing as much food as you might expect from the level of activity) is counter-intuitive and not 'bleeding obvious'
Profpointy
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whilst I confess I've not (yet) read the article, but with so-called "warm blooded" (a somewhat unsatisfactory term) I thought we used far more energy merely maintaining temperature rather than actually doing work. Hence crocodiles and snakes can eat once a fortnight.
That said I ate loads when I was cycling more and didn't get fat
That said I ate loads when I was cycling more and didn't get fat
Tin Pot
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Im honestly tempted to change my job title to reflect that all I do is show people that common sense is a load of shoot.
I doubt "Scientist" would pay as well as "Consultant" though.
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Shut Up Legs
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We'll just have to disagree on this, then. Just because I cited one claim the article made doesn't mean that I said that was all the article contained. I just felt the need to comment on that part of it.
