Even modest exercise can reduce negative effects of belly fat

Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 15:14 in Health & Medicine

A new University of Illinois study suggests that moderate amounts of exercise alone can reduce the inflammation in visceral fat -belly fat, if you will -that has been linked with metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that predict heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.

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