Researchers suggest that dancing is the new Ozempic—all you need to do

People seeking to lose weight in 2024 may find success by stepping on the floor tonight — or any night — according to a recent research linking dance to weight loss.

According to findings published in the journal PLOS ONE, individuals who were willing to get up, get busy, and exercise their bodies had significant increases in body mass, waist size, and fat mass.

Dancers also experienced decreased blood pressure and increased mental wellness.

Diabetes, gallstones, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases have all improved.

“Dance is effective on fat loss in people with overweight and obesity, and has a significant improvement on body composition and morphology,” co-author Yaya Zhang, a PhD student at Hunan University in China, stated.

Researchers realized the challenge of maintaining a long-term beneficial habit and chose dance as a kind of sustainable exercise that may be enjoyed on a daily basis, SWNS reported.

Dance can be a good workout intervention for fat reduction due to its high efficiency and increased sense of enjoyment, according to Zhang.

“As a form of physical activity that integrates exercise, entertainment, and sociality, dance possesses innate advantages in fostering motivation for exercise.”

“Duration lasting for more than three months, along with creative dance forms, is more conducive to achieving clinical objectives related to improvements in body composition.”

“Simultaneously with fat loss, dance preserves and enhances the body morphology of the participants.”

“Moreover, dance is particularly well-suited for the young population, those under 45,” Zhang added in a statement.

Over the course of 10 trials, the researchers examined 646 obese individuals.

Researchers observed that the more innovative the dance style, the greater the favorable benefits.

The trial included overweight youngsters as well as Parkinson’s disease patients, both of whom improved significantly.

The study authors noted that when compared to conventional aerobic exercise or other rigorous training modalities, dance had a significant benefit in terms of weight loss due to the full-body workout dancers receive, with a lower chance of rapid exhaustion.