Exercised av Daniel Lieberman

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<p><b>''Endlessly fascinating and full of surprises. Easily one of my books of the year'' BILL BRYSON</b><br><br><b>The myth-busting science behind our modern attitudes to exercise: what our bodies really need, why it matters, and its effects on health and wellbeing. </b><br><br>In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases like diabetes. A key remedy, we are told, is exercise - voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. However, most of us struggle to stay fit, and our attitudes to exercise are plagued by misconceptions, finger-pointing and anxiety.<br><br>But, as Daniel Lieberman shows in <i><b>Exercised</b></i><b>, the first book of its kind by a leading scientific expert</b>, we never evolved to exercise. We are hardwired for moderate exertion throughout each day, not triathlons or treadmills. Drawing on over a decade of high-level scientific research and eye-opening insights from evolutionary biology and