You can lose weight in just one minute.

Want to lose weight? Pick up the pace, for just one minute. 

A recent study found that every minute of intense activity, such as running up a flight of stairs, can have a significant impact on your BMI. Here’s what they found:

For a typical 5-foot, 5-inch woman, each daily minute of higher-intensity activity had the equivalent calorie offset of 0.41 pounds for one short bouts. If she did that minute 10 times in the course of her day, she would weigh four pounds less in seven days.

For men, each minute of higher-intensity activity per day had the equivalent calorie offset of 0.27 pounds for short bouts. Each extra minute per day would result in a 2% drop in his likelihood of being obese.