I’m about to change your life by explaining to you the NEAT component. Non-exercise activity thermogenesis – NEAT – accounts for calories burned outside of ‘formal’ exercise, such as standing, walking, climbing the stairs or even fidgeting. Highly active people can expend up to three times more energy in a day than sedentary people. Although many people if asked would blame the obesity epidemic on sugar or carbs, I think it’s important to note that the average person’s NEAT has decreased substantially due to increases in motorized transport, sedentary jobs and labour-saving devices. Even an
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