Diet, exercise combo helps middle-age women shed most weight
Overweight, postmenopausal women who combined diet and exercise, and stuck to the regimen, lost about 21 pounds over a one-year period, according to Seattle researchers. The study found women who only dieted lost about 18 pounds and those who only exercised lost 5 pounds.
USA TODAY | 10/27
This story published in AANP SmartBrief on 10/28/2009
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