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Losing Weight, Which Is More Important: Diet Or Exercise?

Exercise is more critical than diet to maintain weight loss. The study showed successful weight-loss maintainers rely on physical activity to remain in energy balance (Rather than chronic restriction of dietary intake) to avoid weight regain. Successful weight-loss maintainers are individuals who maintain a reduced body weight of 30 pounds or more for over a year. The study, published in the March issue of Obesity, was selected as the Editor's Choice article. Source 7o.

Exercise Diet Important More Which Weight Losing

In my opinion it depends more on your situation, for obese/fat people it's all about your diet then when you lose a considerable amount of weight you use exercise to break it down further, and of course 'maintain' it according to the article.