As a society, we’ve been more than convinced of
need for daily exercise. From gimmicky hype of television info-mercial, to sound advice of family physician, we’ve been bombarded with reasons why we need to workout. The medical community has coined phrase, The Deadly Quartet, to describe four risk factors that plague Americans in disproportionate numbers:
The Deadly Quartet
Obesity
High blood pressure High blood cholesterol, and triglyceride levels
Reduced sensitivity to insulin
Despite all this information that’s been made available, overweight and out of shape Americans still huff and puff their way through their day. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that obesity alone results in over 300,000 preventable deaths in United States every year.
More than 60 percent of all Americans are classified as overweight or obese, while at any given time 30 to 40 percent of all Americans are trying to get in shape. An even higher percentage of cardiovascular disease is related to obesity, and being overweight nearly doubles your chance of developing high blood pressure.
But hears good news, an article published in March 2001 issue of The Annals of Internal Medicine has revealed that thirty minutes of daily exercise can extend human life.
