Obese people should exercise in the evening.
Obese people should be exercising at night
An eight-year study conducted by the UK Biobank has revealed that physical activity between the hours of 6pm and midnight is most beneficial to the health of overweight individuals.
Experts from the University of Sydney used fitness trackers to follow 30,000 people and found that those who completed moderate to vigorous physical activity later in the day had a lower risk of premature death and death from cardiovascular disease.
Short bursts of three-minute exercise that left them out of breath were also found to be more effective than lots of daily activity.
Dr. Angelo Sabag, a lecturer in Exercise Physiology at the university, said: "Exercise is by no means the only solution to the obesity crisis, but this research does suggest that people who can plan their activity into certain times of the day may best offset some of these health risks."