Stanford Researchers Find Inactivity a Greater Obesity Driver Than Diet
A recent study by Stanford University researchers finds that a lack of physical activity is more of a driver than diet when it comes to obesity. However, lead author Uri Ladabaum, a gastroenterologist at Stanford University Medical Center, said the findings do not mean diet is unrelated to obesity.
- "Stanford Study: Inactivity, More Than Diet, Linked to Obesity Increase" (Aliferis, "State of Health," KQED, 7/7).