Debunked: Major Weight Loss & Exercise Myth

Debunked: Major Weight Loss & Exercise Myth
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If only we weren’t so lazy, obesity wouldn’t be a problem. 

That seems to be the assumption behind Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! program which aims to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation. 

But as with many government programs, Let’s Move! avoided addressing the real cause of obesity.  Because that would require taking on the food industry and its quest to foist ever more junk food products on unsuspecting Americans, especially children. 

Now a group of British, South African, and American researchers have published a report that places the blame for the obesity epidemic squarely on the junk food industry. You cannot, they explain, exercise away the effects of a bad diet. 

Margie King
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Margie King is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition®. A Wharton M.B.A. and corporate attorney for 20 years, she left the world of business to pursue her passion for all things nutritious. Margie is the author of Nourishing Menopause: The Whole Food Guide to Balancing Your Hormones Naturally. She is also a professional copywriter and natural health, beauty and nutrition writer. To contact Margie, visit www.IntegrativeMenopause.com.
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