
Study Finds We Exercise Half as Much as We Should
• http://www.wired.com, By Chuck SquatrigliaWe’re a nation of fatties, in no small part because we get half as much exercise as we should.
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We’re a nation of fatties, in no small part because we get half as much exercise as we should.
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