Study: Obese people have far-out view
16 February 2016 - 02:33
Obese people are trapped in an altered reality in which distances appear longer, making them less inclined to exercise, scientists found.In a study presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, scientists recruited hundreds of people who shopped at Walmart and asked them to judge the distance of a cone placed on a road 25m away.
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