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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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