I took a nutrition class in college and had to read a few studies about the relationship between exercise and weight loss. The studies found that in the short t

I took a nutrition class in college and had to read a few studies about the relationship between exercise and weight loss. The studies found that in the short term, there was little difference in both rate of weight loss and amount of weight loss in groups that used diet and exercise vs. diet alone. However they did find that those that exercised had a significantly higher success rate at maintaining their weight loss in the long term.