STAYING HEALTHY: Six types of exercises were found to be effective in attenuating the genetic risks of obesity, with jogging coming out on top, an NTU team found

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 09, 2019
By: Jake Chung  /  Staff writer, with CNA

Jogging is found to be the most effective physical exercise that could modify the genetic risk of obesity, a team of National Taiwan University (NTU) researchers said yesterday.

The study was published by the PLOS Genetics online journal on Thursday last week.

Obesity, which could lead to cardiovascular diseases and metabolic disorders, is a widespread problem in developed nations, NTU College of Public Health associate professor Lin Wan-yu (林菀俞) said.

Citing a national survey by the Health Promotion Administration from 2013 to 2016, Lin said that 45.4 percent of Taiwanese adults are obese or overweight.    [FULL  STORY]