What benefit does exercise have in the fight against worldwide obesity?
According to the OECD in 2005 (Appendix 1) America has the highest percentage of obesity at 30.6% with the European countries varying from 22.4% in Slovakia to the lowest in Europe which is Switzerland at 7.7%. Ireland’s rate at that time was 13%. Obesity being defined as a BMI rating of 25 or over.
Exercise has long been advocated to help people to lose weight but is it a cure for obesity or a red herring. In a recent article by Cloud in Time magazine entitled “Why exercise won’t make you thin” he argued that exercise has...
