Physical activity is 'magic bullet' for pandemics of obesity and cardiovascular disease

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/fau-pai051316.php

Public Release: 16-May-2016
Physical activity is 'magic bullet' for pandemics of obesity and cardiovascular disease
Florida Atlantic University

In an editorial published in the current issue of Cardiology, professors from the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University have evaluated the totality of evidence and conclude that regular physical activity bears the closest resemblance to a "magic bullet" to combat the worldwide epidemic of obesity and cardiovascular disease.

The statistics on regular physical activity in the United States are bleak; only about 20 percent of Americans (23 percent of men and 18 percent of women) engage in recommended levels of regular physical activity and about 64 percent never do any physical activity. In Europe, the statistics are not much better with only 33 percent who engage in physical activity with some regularity, while 42 percent never do any physical activity.

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