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Why walking with your doctor could be better than talking with your doctor

  • Written by Brad Biskup, Coordinator of Lifestyle Medicine Clinic, University of Connecticut
imageA man who is overweight walking alone in a park. Walking with a doctor could be helpful for overweight patients. Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, CC BY-SA

Gyms across the country will be packed this week with people vowing to “get moving” to lose weight this year.

Much of the effort will be for naught. And, in fact, some of it...

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