Obese Exercisers Still Face Risks, Study Says ; Any Extra Weight Increases Mortality Rate
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › December 23, 2004
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Being fit but fat isn't good enough. Excess weight, all by itself, can take years off your life, even if you get plenty of exercise, a study found.
"There has been some suggestion that if you are particularly active, you don't have to worry about your body weight, about your diet. That's very misleading," said the report's lead author, Dr. Frank Hu of the Harvard School of Public Health.See the full content of this document
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Obese Exercisers Still Face Risks, Study Says ; Any Extra Weight Increases Mortality Rate
The study of 116,500 women was published in today's New England Journal of Medicine and was based on questionnaires use...
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