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Move more, sit less – great advice, but how can we make time for exercise?

  • Written by David E. Conroy, Professor of Kinesiology and Human Development (Adjunct Professor of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University), Pennsylvania State University
It doesn't matter what exercise you choose, just move. robuart / SHutterstock.com

It’s that time again. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services just released a new edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. That sound you hear is Americans collectively sighing.

Let’s be honest: Physical activity guidelines can...

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