Many friends over the age of 25 will find that as they grow older, they start to forget the password, their ears can’t hear clearly, their back is sore and their neck is stiff
Looking at the mirror，they also gradually developing horizontally: the face is getting wider and wider, the stomach is getting bigger and bigger and the number on the scale outperforms the wage increase.
The cruel middle-aged spread starts
Why do people get fat as soon as we get old? Is it really the decline of body metabolism? Can you save your increasingly round figure?
Recently, a heavy research was published in the well-known academic journal Science, and scientists have found the answer!
Research: Human metabolism throughout the life cycle
Metabolism slows down when you get older, which is a good excuse
Regarding the mysterious curse of middle-aged fattening, most of the arguments in the past believed that this was due to the slowing down of metabolism due to old age.
Put simply, when you get older, your body begins to fail.
However, the latest research has found a painful and happy fact: the energy consumption between the ages of 20 and 50 is stable and will not decrease.
It is found that in the whole life cycle of a person, the metabolic law presents a pattern of “rise decline stability slow decline”, which is stable from 20 to 50 years old. The age at which metabolism really declines may be after the age of 50.
Nearly 100 international teams participated in the study. The study population was more than 6000 subjects from 29 countries, covering almost all age groups: the age range from 8 days to 95 years old.
The research process is also rigorous. This research applies the accurate “double standard water” technology, which is considered to be the “gold standard” for measuring the daily energy consumption of the human body under free activity outside the laboratory.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it. The key is that the research is very reliable and the conclusion is very credible.
Your body has not changed much in energy processing at the age of 50 and 20. You are still the young you. Are you surprised?
Tragically, it also means that getting fat in middle age has nothing to do with your body (age).
Wait! In real life, many people do not eat fat when they are young. After 30, their waistline and weight rise. It makes no sense!
It’s not because of aging and slow metabolism. What’s the reason? It’s not the scale that deceives people
Don’t worry, the latest research gives a very important reason.
The behind the scenes of middle-aged obesity is – don’t move
If there is any difference between 30 and 20, the biggest difference is that after 20, the amount of exercise decreases year by year.
To be simple: too lazy to move.
Scientists tied accelerometers to the subjects. The magic of this accelerometer is that all your movements and activities, ranging from brushing your teeth, washing your face, going to the toilet to running five kilometers outside, will be recorded by this small electronic rattle. The results show that:
The amount of exercise plummeted! In terms of energy consumed by physical activity, people after the age of 30 are nearly 20% lower than those aged 20.
The total number of steps and the amount of moderate to severe physical activity at different ages are relatively stable at the age of 20-30, and decline without looking back after the age of 30.
The study calculates that if the amount of exercise in middle age is consistent with that in young age, the total energy consumption rate will not decline. In other words, it is unlikely to put on too much weight.
But in fact, it’s really hard to keep the amount of exercise unchanged
Back in the green years, I played ball, ran, had PE classes, went shopping, sang, bicycled, and walked with my object on the playground all night.
Now, throwing garbage is the biggest exercise of the day, and praising is also physical activity. The furthest distance in the world is the struggle from bed to the company.
According to the latest data from who, more than a quarter of adults worldwide fail to meet the global recommendations of the campaign. That is, at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity aerobic physical activity per week, converted into less than 20 minutes of exercise per day.
Life lies in motion, fat in stillness. Only you and wechat movement know how many steps you have taken every day.
But that’s not the whole story.
The weight of life is the catalyst for middle-aged obesity
Although “laziness” is indeed one of the reasons for getting fat, many practical factors really make people unable to “work hard”.
Office workers have been working for 8 hours and just want to lie down when they get home every day; If there are children at home, they have to be busy tutoring their children after work. They are so angry that they have an arrhythmia.
Busy with work and family is the normal life of most “middle-aged people”. They are bald and loose, bloated in the middle, go to bed late and get up early, and have irregular meals.
How can there be time to exercise? How can I have time to prepare a well-matched lunch and dinner?
No time to cook, then call takeaway
I haven’t finished the work, how can I exercise?
During the New Year’s and holidays, treat yourself to a big meal
Keep your mouth and legs open—— I’d better wait until I’m full and sleep!
Stress, staying up late and going to bed late, and various emotional problems all add to the problem of “getting fat”.
To sum up, my b-i-g friends, the truth of getting fat in middle age is
No time for exercise or for dinner, that is:
Too busy for work
Alright, let’s be serious, don’t sigh.
This new study is actually good news: Energy consumption is stable at the age of 20-50. Doesn’t it prove that we are still young?
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