Follow up to previous postings on obesity, via the New York Times – Dieting vs. Exercise for Weight Loss, that references one article in full text, Hunter-Gatherer Energetics and Human Obesity and one abstract, Why do individuals not lose more weight from an exercise intervention at a defined dose? An energy balance analysis. Findings are consistent between the two studies and indicate that exercise alone is not sufficient to lose weight and maintain the loss without concurrent change in diet.