Why exercise is an important component of risk reduction in obesity management

Green, Daniel J; Maiorana, Andrew J

doi:10.5694/mja11.11055

Topics

Cardiovascular diseases

Endocrine system diseases

General medicine

Nutritional and metabolic diseases

Sports medicine

Non-surgical intervention has many benefits

A recent article published in the Journal1 was widely reported in the popular press,2,3 with statements such as the following being quoted:

1 School of Sports Science, Exercise and Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.
2 School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University, Perth, WA.

Correspondence: d.j.green@ljmu.ac.uk

Competing interests:

Daniel Green receives grant support from the National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Australian Research Council.

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