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Sex and other myths about weight loss

  • Written by Tammy Chang, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, University of Michigan
imageContrary to myth, sex is not good exercise. From www.shutterstock.com

The estimated annual health care costs related to obesity are over $210 billion, or nearly 21 percent of annual medical spending in the United States. Americans spend $60 billion on weight loss products each year, trying everything from expensive meal replacement products to...

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