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...Myth About Exercise" [Aug. 17]: I must take issue with some of the points portrayed as fact. Numerous studies have shown that exercise is indeed central to an effective weight-loss program. The key concept is a simple equation of energy balance: calories expended throughout the day must exceed calories consumed as food. And contrary to the data selected for your article, studies have shown that most exercisers are not uncontrollably hungry after a workout. We strongly encourage reporting that portrays both sides of an issue so readers can decide for themselves - instead of being led down a potentially harmful...
This is one of the best articles i have ever read on the subject. I have maintained for years that exercise contributes very little to weight loss, but I could never have explained it so eloquently. My reasons for exercising are all the other ones listed by Cloud. William Jenner, ALBUQUERQUE...
Cloud's article misses the point that if you eat the same amount, exercise will make you lose weight. He seems to imply that it is impossible not to eat more. However, the same motivation that keeps you exercising can keep you aware of your diet; these go hand in hand. Jason Anderson, BRUSSELS...
Having read your article while at the gym, I have to say I felt disheartened. While I enjoy exercise and understand its benefits, I can imagine that anyone who exercises purely for weight loss or maintenance would have found in your article a strong incentive to give up. Who knows what health problems they could have prevented by continuing to exercise? Caitriona McPartlin, DUBLIN...
...preconceptions of Iran than any sort of reality on the ground. The truth is that postrevolutionary schooling in the Islamic Republic has not gone according to plan. The country's public schools face many of the same challenges as U.S. schools: a largely urban school system sagging under the weight of a too-large student population (two- and three-shift schools are not uncommon), poorly paid and demoralized teachers constrained by a highly centralized curriculum, and the destruction of academic creativity under a ever-stringent testing regime. Schools are failing, both ideologically and academically...