It is time to bust the myth of physical inactivity and obesity: you cannot outrun a bad diet

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Frimley Park Hospital and Consultant Clinical Associate to the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
² Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town and Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Newlands, South Africa.
³ School of Medicine (Emeritus), University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

Editorial

A Malhotra et al. Br J Sports Med. 2015 Aug.

. 2015 Aug;49(15):967-8.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-094911. Epub 2015 Apr 22.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Frimley Park Hospital and Consultant Clinical Associate to the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
² Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town and Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Newlands, South Africa.
³ School of Medicine (Emeritus), University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

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Keywords: Obesity.

Comment in

Physical inactivity and obesity is not a myth: Dr. Steven Blair comments on Dr. Aseem Malhotra's editorial.
Blair SN. Blair SN. Br J Sports Med. 2015 Aug;49(15):968-9. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-094989. Epub 2015 Jun 10. Br J Sports Med. 2015. PMID: 26062953 No abstract available.
Physical activity and obesity editorial: is exercise pointless or was it a pointless exercise?
Mahtani KR, McManus J, Nunan D. Mahtani KR, et al. Br J Sports Med. 2015 Aug;49(15):969-70. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095005. Epub 2015 Jun 18. Br J Sports Med. 2015. PMID: 26089320 No abstract available.
Claiming exercise does not solve the obesity crisis is 'reductionism' at its worst.
Hamlin MJ, Stoner L. Hamlin MJ, et al. N Z Med J. 2015 Oct 16;128(1423):91-2. N Z Med J. 2015. PMID: 26645763 No abstract available.