Obesity and Exercise WisdomCard™

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  1. About.com: Exercise for Obese People exercise.about.com - Exercise for Obese People
  2. MedicineNet: Exercise to Lose Weight medicinenet.com - Exercise to Lose Weight
  3. University of Michigan Health System: The Role of Exercise in Treating Obesity med.umich.edu - The Role of Exercise in Treating Obesity
  4. Holistic Online: Exercise for Obesity and Weight Control holisticonline.com - Exercise for Obesity and Weight Control
  5. ScienceDaily: How Much Are You Really Exercising? Obese Women Know Better Than Normal Weight Women (Oct. 10, 2008)sciencedaily.com - How Much Are You Really Exercising? Obese Women Know Better Than Normal Weight Women
  6. HealthMad: Safe Exercises for Obese and Overweight People healthmad.com - Safe Exercises for Obese and Overweight People
  7. WebMD: Exercise Can Overcome Obesity Gene (Sep. 8, 2008)webmd.com - Exercise Can Overcome Obesity Gene
  8. Daily Mail: How 15 Minutes' Exercise can Beat Obesity (Mar. 20, 2007)dailymail.co.uk - How 15 Minutes' Exercise can Beat Obesity
  9. Harvard Medical Publications: Effects of Obesity and Exercise health.harvard.edu - Effects of Obesity and Exercise
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Research Notes on Obesity and Exercise


If you are obese, talk to your health care provider about strategies to lose weight and which exercises you should be engaging in. You will want to start out slowly and gain stamina as you continue.1 While it is recommend that you get between 30 and 60 minutes of exercise each day, it is okay to break workouts up into a couple of 10 or 15 minute increments.2

Fast Facts:

  • It may be useful to find a friend to exercise with for motivation.1
  • Let your body rest if you become injured or sick.1
  • Walking is one of the best ways to begin exercising.2

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 University of Michigan Health System: The Role of Exercise in Treating Obesity
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Holistic Online: Exercise for Obesity and Weight Control

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