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Article: Death rate found lower for obese people who exercise
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 18, 2001
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Death rate found lower for obese people who exercise
Being trim may not mean being healthy, researchers say
By EMMA ROSS
Associated Press
Wednesday, July 18, 2001
London -- Obese people who exercise have half the death rate of
those who are trim but don't exercise, a leading expert said Tuesday.
Previous studies linking obesity and death from heart disease and
other major killers have missed the important influence of exercise,
said Steven Blair, director of research at the Cooper Institute for
Aerobics Research in Dallas.
"There is a misdirected obsession with weight and weight loss," he
told a meeting of the Association for the Study of Obesity in London.
"The focus is all wrong. It's ...