{"id":146,"date":"2008-05-20T11:49:16","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T11:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/changeyourbody.wordpress.com\/?p=149"},"modified":"2008-05-20T11:49:16","modified_gmt":"2008-05-20T11:49:16","slug":"8-ways-to-know-if-youre-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2008\/05\/20\/8-ways-to-know-if-youre-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Ways to Know If You’re Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"

A major health headline this week was a study dispelling the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t notion that you can be both fit and fat. Last fall, the wires were abuzz with \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t citations about the dangers of being thin and fat (so-called “skinny fat”). \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t With a national obesity rate of nearly 30 percent, we know that we’re \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t overweight. But if thin isn’t the indicator of fitness, and you can’t be large \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t and fit, how are we supposed to tell if we’re healthy? Let’s decipher what \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t these studies indicate and sort through the murkiness about what it really \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t means to be fit. \u00a0 Continued…<\/a><\/p>\n

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A major health headline this week was a study dispelling the notion that you can be both fit and fat. Last fall, the wires were abuzz with citations about the dangers of being thin and fat (so-called “skinny fat”). With a national obesity rate of nearly 30 percent, we know that we’re overweight. 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