A lack of exercise on the part of females in women's sportswear could be linked to gender-related weight issues, research suggests.

The long-term study by scientists at the University of Michigan assessed the various health-related behaviours across a sample of 17,314 men and women.

Over a period of 23 years, the study authors suggested that differences in the level of exercise undertaken by men and women could be responsible for gender weight differences.

Co-authors Patrick O'Malley and Lloyd Johnston at the university's Institute for Social Research said: "Agreement is growing that the source of the obesity epidemic lies in an environment that produces an energy gap, where energy intake exceeds energy expenditure even by as little as 100 excess calories per day."

In an article for the Daily Mail earlier this week, Liberal Democrat Vince Cable MP said that women's sports gained little encouragement in the UK.

He also indicated that a lack of exercise is a particular problem in the UK.
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