Exercise only helps men lose weight – What about women?

New Delhi: Exercise in any form has been established as the perfect medicine that one needs to curb numerous health issues.

Regular physical activity is important for a long and healthy lifestyle, but does it have a different effect depending upon the gender of a person?

A study seems to think so. According to the study, exercise only shows weight loss results in men, not women.

Researchers carried out the experiment on mice, saying that brains are hard-wired differently and trigger separate reactions in men and women.

The experiment yielded results in favour of males. While exercise has always been known to prevent weight gain, it only rang true for male mice during the experiment, the Deccan Chronicle reported.

As per the Deccan Chronicle, the experiment saw male and female rats being fed a high fat diet following which they were trained to run on treadmill. After 10 weeks, it was found out that male rats who exercised ate less food and gained less weight compared to their inactive counterparts.

However, the exercising females did not reduce their consumption – and weighed just the same as their inactive counterparts at the end.

When the study was repeated in males fed a low fat diet the impact of exercise on body weight was evident even sooner.