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Exercise, Diet Equally Important

  • December 23, 2004

You may remember the results of a study I posted earlier this fall that found fitness may play a greater role in heart health than what you weigh. A new study of some 115,000 nurses has found the "fit vs. fat" argument faulty, however. Researchers believe physical activity can offset SOME of the harmful health consequences of being overweight but cannot fully erase them. Simply put, researchers found merely being overweight OR sedentary increases your risk of death. The healthiest...