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The study was fat people from a TV show, so not any specific exercise regime:
"Six years after the competition, median weight loss in 14 of “The Biggest Loser” participants was 13%, with those maintaining a greater weight loss (mean ± SE) of 24.9% ± 3.8% having increased PA by 160% ± 23%, compared with a PA increase of 34% ± 25% (P = 0.0033) in the weight regainers who were 1.1% ± 4.0% heavier than the precompetition baseline. EI changes were similar between weight loss maintainers and regainers (−8.7% ± 5.6% vs. −7.4% ± 2.7%, respectively; P = 0.83). Weight regain was inversely associated with absolute changes in PA (r = −0.82; P = 0.0003) but not with changes in EI (r = −0.15; P = 0.61). EI and PA changes explained 93% of the individual weight loss variability at 6 years. "
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You can lose weight and keep it off, while not being THAT active. I'm case in point...
Weights 2-3 times a week to stop muscle loss when ageing and then your 30 minutes a day exercise for the bare health minimum.
BUT that requires calorie counting or some other mechanism (eat by feeling, but cut back every time you go over, say, 2 lbs over until your eat by feeling is right) and most people just don't want to be bothered with that.
And then you that see that countries where exercises is "integrated" (walking/cycling) where people always get the 30 minutes and probably more with low cost fruit/veg people weigh less, because they eat less crap and move more without the constant discipline.
Even so my Dutch living in NL parents did a de-larding a few years ago cos even with the cycling, cakes/wine/cheese is just yummy!