Exercise Not That Important, Even for Overweight Women
More than half of American women don’t like their weight – including the 26 percent of those whose height and weight put them in the healthy category – according to a new poll assessing females’ attitudes about body image. But, even though nearly two-thirds of American women are overweight or obese, according to national health statistics, still only a third of them say they do not like their physical conditioning. The Associated Press-iVillage poll of 1,000 adult women also showed that women put in a median of about 80 minutes of exercise a week, meaning that about half do even less. This is a far cry from the 2.5 hours of exercise per week deemed necessary for a healthy life.
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