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Lead Stories: Sunday, September 7, 2008

Consistent Exercise Through the Years is Key to Stability

Posted November 12th, 2007 at 3:20 PM by Megan Hueter

Section: Health & Fitness, Exercise, Weight Loss

Slacking off can have devastating effects on your weight. Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine stated last week that maintaining a high level of activity from young adulthood to middle age can help people maintain a stable weight and accumulate less weight over time.

Northwestern conducted an analysis about weight gain and found that people who report doing 30 minutes of vigorous activity a day were twice as likely to have a healthy Body Mass Index (BMI) over a period of 20 years.

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