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Article: CALORIES, EXERCISE BOTH VITAL IN DIETING.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- October 13, 1999
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Many of the more than two-thirds of U.S. adults trying to lose weight could fail because they're either cutting calories or exercising but not doing both, a nationwide survey found.
Thirty-five percent of men and 40 percent of women who said they were trying to lose weight are not counting calories, according to a report in today's Journal of the American Medical Association.
Many are eating less fat, but they may be consuming as many or more calories from lower-fat foods, researchers said.
Even those who are combining exercise and calorie reduction often aren't exercising enough, researchers said.
Only 42 percent of the men and 37 ...