Focus should be on increasing exercise and less on Obesity

Guardian UK – Studies have shown that you can be fat and fit. So why are we obsessing about what we eat rather than how much we move?

Using data from the Cooper Centre Longitudinal Study exercise scientist Steven Blair and his colleagues have established that you can be fat and fit. It is better to be overweight and active than normal weight and sedentary in terms of risk of mortality, the research has shown.

Physical activity can reduce the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers and even delay cognitive decline. According to Karim Khan, editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine, you probably need to be doing 60 minutes a day for optimum health (after which time there are diminishing returns health-wise). If we’re going to pick a health issue to be fascinated by, isn’t this the one?

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