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DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXERCISE AND FAT LOSS: AEROBICS

Posted on May 8th, 2009, by admin

Aerobics, or exercise to music classes are popular, particularly amongst females, because of their social involvement, safety and the support of numbers. Some modem aerobics classes now cater for the body image concerns of big people by insisting on big T-shirts, floppy clothes and no body-hugging leotards (even on instructors). In line with the previous [...]

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GENETIC VERSUS ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

Posted on May 8th, 2009, by admin

Clearly both the environment and genetics are responsible for obesity, but how do they interrelate? There are large differences in the amount of obesity between populations. Some of this variation can be explained by differences in body frame which makes it difficult to compare, for example, Samoans with Cambodians. However, even within Caucasian populations there [...]

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