Health benefits of physical activity more pronounced in women (EurekAlert!)

( American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ) A long-term study of over 8,700 middle-aged men and women provides some of the first race- and gender- specific data on the cholesterol effects of physical activity, with the interesting result that women, particularly African-American women, experience greater benefits in their cholesterol levels as a result of exercise than men.
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