Evening Exercise Proves Superior in New Obesity Study

Physical activity in the evening linked to greater health benefits for people with obesity.

Undertaking the majority of daily physical activity in the evening is linked to the greatest health benefits for people living with obesity, according to researchers from the University of Sydney, Australia who followed the trajectory of 30,000 people over almost 8 years.

Using wearable device data to categorize participant’s physical activity by morning, afternoon or evening, the researchers uncovered that those who did the majority of their aerobic moderate to vigorous physical activity– the kind that raises our heart rate and gets us out of breath– between 6 pm and midnight had the lowest risk of premature death and death from cardiovascular disease.