(NaturalNews) We often assume that if you're skinny you don't
need to worry too much about exercise. However according to
Professor Dick Telford of the Australian National University,
findings show that a lack of fitness has an effect on death
rates regardless if the person is skinny (lean) or fat
(overweight not obese). In fact one study found that a skinny or
lean person who does not exercise was twice as likely to die as
a fat active person. The study, published in last year's Journal
of the American Medical Association , was conducted in Dallas,
Texas and involved 2,603 men and women aged 60 and over. Those
in the study had fitness and body fat levels measured and were
tracked over 12 years. You were deemed fit if you walked for 30
minutes most days of the week. The conclusion of the study was
that being unfit predicted higher death rates, while just being
fat did not. Therefore whatever body weight you have, you need
to exercise to be fit and healthy. Telford says that our
evolution has endowed us with D