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If weight loss is your only goal for exercise, it's time to rethink your priorities

  • Written by Evelyn Parr, Research Fellow in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University
If weight loss is your only goal for exercise, it's time to rethink your prioritiesChoose an activity you enjoy so it's easier to stick to.Shutterstock

As an aesthetic society, we often demonise body fat and stigmatise people with lots of it. There’s often an assumption that people carrying excess weight don’t exercise and must be unhealthy.

But that’s not true: you can be fat and fit. In fact, as we age, low...

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