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" There is still time for people to take up an exercise regime that will help them to counteract the excesses of the festive season, researchers have discovered.A team at Bath University put 26 healthy young men on a programme in which half exercised daily on a treadmill for 45 minutes and the other half remained inactive.Both of the groups ate more than they would normally, taking in up to 75 per cent more food.After a week, the non-exercise group were displaying blood sugar levels that had increased significantly, but the treadmill participants showed no side-effects from the additional calories.It suggests that even short bursts of physical activity are enough to protect the metabolism from damaging over-consumption and a lazy festive season.Writing in the Journal of Physiology, lead author Dr Dylan Thompson said: &amp;#039;A daily bout of exercise will prevent many of the negative changes in the way in which your body handles sugar, even if you do still gain weight.&amp;#039;This could be useful given that a recent study at Texas Tech University in the US found that the average person puts on 2lb in weight during the festive season.Read the abstract "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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