An April 2021 study by the Technical University, Munich and the University of Nebraska found,
"In the sports context, we have the phenomenon of people overeating after physical activity,"
"People want to reward themselves and their bodies for being active. So we use a hypothetical experiment to find out why people eat more after exercise compared to when they don't exercise."
"Based on this study, we were able to show for the first time that certain characteristics, such as the amount and 'urgency' with which a person wants to eat, change over the course of physical exertion,"
“These findings help us develop new interventions to optimize weight loss through exercise."
"The actual results suggest that physical exertion can entice those who do sport to eat larger amounts of food more quickly after the training session,"
"Since weight loss is a main motivation for exercising for many, and failure to achieve the desired weight loss makes it likely to quit exercising, it could be a good strategy to think about what you want to eat afterwards before you start to exercise."