University of Michigan

Born to run? Capacity for aerobic exercise linked to risk of heart disease

Published in Fitness and Wellness Business Week, February 9th, 2005

If your New Year's resolution to exercise is now just a distant memory, there are some rats at the University of Michigan Medical School that may convince you to climb back on the treadmill.

A new research study, published in Science, found that rats selected and bred for low aerobic exercise capacity had more cardiovascular disease risk factors than rats bred for high exercise capacity. The study was conducted by scientists from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the Medical College of Ohio, Williams College and the U-M Medical School.

The rats in the study are the product of 11 generations of artificial selection for...

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