• Daniel R Crabtree and Andrew K Blannin.
• 1Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, UNITED KINGDOM; and 2School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM.
• Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2015 Jan 1; 47 (1): 49-57.

PurposeExercise in cold water has been shown to simulate postexercise energy intake (EI) in normal-weight individuals. However, the effect of cold exercise on EI in overweight individuals has yet to be examined. The present study investigated the effect of brisk walking in a cold (8°C) and neutral (20°C) environment on postexercise EI and appetite hormone responses.MethodsSixteen overweight participants (10 men and six women; age, 50.1 ± 11.6 yr; body mass index, 28.9 ± 4.2 kg·m) completed a 45-min treadmill walk at 8°C and 20°C in a randomized counterbalanced design. Participants were presented with an ad libitum buffet meal 45 min after exercise, and EI was covertly measured. Skin and rectal temperature were monitored throughout exercise and for 30 min after exercise, and concentrations of the appetite hormones total ghrelin, acylated ghrelin, and total peptide YY were assessed before and after exercise and before and after meal.ResultsEI was significantly greater after exercise in the cold (1299 ± 657 kcal (mean ± SD)) compared with that after exercise in the neutral environment (1172 ± 537 kcal (mean ± SD)) (P < 0.05). The change in the acylated ghrelin concentrations and the acylated ghrelin AUC values were significantly greater during walking in the cold versus those during walking in the neutral condition (P < 0.05).ConclusionsThese findings show that in overweight individuals, exercise in the cold stimulates postexercise EI to a greater extent than exercise in a neutral environment.

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