Healthcare Triage: Exercise won’t help you lost weight

Aaron Carroll

August 10, 2015

Last week I talked about the many ways exercise is awesome. This week I want to focus on one way it’s not. Weight loss. Sorry, but that’s the topic of this week’s Healthcare Triage.

This was based on a couple pieces I wrote for the NYT. Most of the links can be found there. I’m also giving you another great NYT piece to read:

To Lose Weight, Eating Less Is Far More Important Than Exercising More
Responding to Readers’ Questions on Weight Loss
Coca-Cola Funds Scientists Who Shift Blame for Obesity Away From Bad Diets

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

Healthcare Triage: Exercise won’t help you lost weight

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