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The Miami
Vol. 87, Issue 14 | Oct. 12 - Oct. 14, 2009
HURRICANE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929
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Have a six pack
drink one too
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Study reveals a correlation between drinking and exercise BY ALI KITENPLON CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER
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rinking beer, often associated with large bellies and rough mornings, has now been linked to increase in exercise in a study head led by Dr. Michael French, a professor of health economics at the University of Miami. The goal of the study was to determine if alcohol consumption was directly related to the number of minutes of physical activity in which individuals partake during a typical week. “I expected the results to be an inverted U, meaning light and moderate drinkers would exercise more and heavy drinkers would exercise less,” French said. “Instead, there was a linear relationship. The more people drank, the more they worked out.” French conducted this study to further explore previous literature published in the Journal of Health Economics. This prior research verified that one drink a day for women and two drinks a day for men reduces the risk of
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cardiovascular disease and is considered health enhancing. SEE DRINKING, PAGE 4
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