Although several studies have questioned the impact of acute physical
exercise on subsequent nutritional adaptations in obese youth, the
presentwork is the first to directly explore their energy intake response
to a long term (10 weeks) physical activity program. According to the
present results, exercising twice a week (with a mean pedaling time
of 55.3 ± 12.1 min per session) for 10 weeks led to a slight (statistical
trend with p = 0.07) decrease in energy intake of about 700 kJ/day
(or 10%) in obese youth.