Which Plays a Bigger Role in Weight Loss: Diet or Exercise?

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Maintaing a healthy lifestyle requires a balance of diet and exercise, but is one more effective than the other? The video above (which was published to YouTube yesterday and already has over 500,000 views!) offers a comprehensive breakdown of what plays a greater role when it comes to weight loss — and the answer may surprise you.

It turns out that eliminating certain foods from your diet will contribute to greater and quicker weight-loss success. While exercise is essential to staying healthy beyond losing weight, if your goal is to shed pounds, pay closer attention to what you're eating.

Watch the clip and see how simple lifestyle changes — like ditching soda and candy bars — can yield better results.