More proof that being thin doesn't equal being healthy.
. Glenn Gaesser, a professor of exercise physiology at Arizona State University in Phoenix, and Siddhartha Angadi, a professor of education and kinesiology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, reviewed more than 200 relevant meta-analyses and individual studies, which included tens of thousands of men and women. They toldthey wanted to know if someone would benefit more from losing weight or from physical activity.
"Compared head-to-head, the magnitude of benefit was far greater from improving fitness than from losing weight," Dr. Gaesser told the. Both professors found that the risk of premature death was lowered by 30 percent or more in"sedentary, obese men and woman" who started exercising.
The major takeaway from this study is that"you do not need to lose weight to be healthy," said Dr. Gaesser."You will be better off, in terms of mortality risk, by increasing your physical activity and fitness than by intentionally losing weight."
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