Gaining Weight Happens to Most of Us
By Chad Tackett, president of GHF
The average American gains at least one pound a year after
age 25. Think about it. If you're like most Americans, by the time you're
50, you're likely to gain 25 pounds of fat, or more. In addition, your
metabolism is also slowing down, causing your body to work less efficiently
at burning the fat it has. At the same time, if you don't exercise regularly,
you lose a pound of muscle each year. Consequently, people are not only
increasing their body fat stores, increasing their risk of disease,
but they're also losing muscle, increasing the risk of injury, decreasing
activity performance, and further slowing down metabolism.
Very few Americans exercise in any significant way. The
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports estimates that only
one in five Americans exercises for the healthy minimum of 20 minutes,
three or more days a week. In fact, the average American gets less than
50 minutes of exercise per week. Even worse, two out of five Americans
are completely sedentary.
This article was provided by Chad
Tackett, president of GHF.
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