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Obesity
New obesity findings from William Beaumont Hospital described
May 12th, 2009
"Sedentary lifestyles and poor physical fitness are major contributors to the current obesity and cardiovascular disease pandemic. Daily physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness are correlated in morbidly obese individuals in their free-living environment," scientists in the United States report. "Ten morbidly obese participants continuously wore an activity sensor that measured caloric expenditure, minute-by-minute physical activity, and steps/day over a 72-h period. Following collection of the device data, structured cardiorespiratory fitness testing was performed on each subject. Mean caloric expenditure for all individuals was 2,668 +/- 481 kcal/d. On...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-05-12)
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