Is Exercise Healthy For You?

A new study from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, has found a correlation between physical activity and maintaining a stable weight:

Researchers examined data from over 2,600 participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study to determine if high activity patterns over time were associated with maintaining a stable BMI.

A consistently high level of physical activity from young adulthood into middle age increases the odds of maintaining a stable weight and lessens the amount of weight gained over time.

I'll be damned. So, if I'm reading this correctly, if you exercise regularly when you're young, and probably eat right, there is a good chance that you will not become obese in later years?

You could knock me down with a feather.

I've often thought that, but I've never had solid proof. Thank you $2.1 million dollar study!