Title: Lack of exercise, not diet, linked to rise in obesity, Stanford research shows | News Center | Stanford Medicine
Headings: Lack of exercise, not diet, linked to rise in obesity, Stanford research shows
Lack of exercise, not diet, linked to rise in obesity, Stanford research shows
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Content: They may lack the time or resources to exercise. We shouldn’t assume that people are just lazy. Their lives might be overwhelming to them.” Recommendations to exercise 30 minutes a day aren’t enough, Hannley added. “It’s going to take widespread change,” she said. “ We shouldn’t just tell patients they need to work out. We need to work with communities, employers and local governments to enable healthy lifestyles by ensuring that there are safe spaces to exercise that are cheap or free.” Other Stanford co-authors of the study are Ajitha Mannalithara, PhD, social science research associate; Parvathi Myer, MD, a former postdoctoral scholar who is now at Kaiser Permanente, and Gurkirpal Singh, MD, adjunct professor of gastroenterology. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health (grant T32DK007056).