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Articles on fat burning

January 22, 2024

It’s okay to run slowly – in fact it has plenty of benefits

Dan Gordon, Anglia Ruskin University; Jonathan Melville, Anglia Ruskin University, and Matthew Slater, Anglia Ruskin University

Slow running may burn more fat compared to running at a faster pace.

May 19, 2022

McKale Montgomery, Oklahoma State University

Proponents of intermittent fasting say the clock can help you win the battle of the bulge. But the science behind it is a little more complicated.

May 26, 2020

Justin Roberts, Anglia Ruskin University; Ash Willmott, Anglia Ruskin University, and Dan Gordon, Anglia Ruskin University

Though exercising at around 50-72% of our VO₂ uses more fat as energy, the amount of actual fat burned is minimal.

April 23, 2018

Paige Brooker, The University of Queensland; Michael Leveritt, The University of Queensland; Neil King, Queensland University of Technology, and Sjaan Gomersall, The University of Queensland

Our body burns more fat when we exercise before breakfast, but studies haven’t found that means we lose more weight over time.

Dan Gordon
Associate Professor, Cardiorespiratory Exercise Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
Michael Leveritt
Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, The University of Queensland
Sjaan Gomersall
Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
Neil King
Director, Research Training and IHBI Theme Leader, Queensland University of Technology
Ash Willmott
Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, Anglia Ruskin University
Justin Roberts
Professor of Nutritional Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
McKale Montgomery
Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University
Matthew Slater
PhD Candidate, Exercise Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
Paige Brooker
Researcher, CSIRO
Jonathan Melville
PhD Candidate, Sport and Exercise Science, Anglia Ruskin University