Even if we compare relatively recent activity rates to those of the 1980s, before the obesity epidemic came into full swing, rates have not decreased appreciably.7 In a Northern European population, physical-activity energy expenditure was calculated from the 1980s to the mid 2000s. The surprising finding was that if anything, physical activity has actually increased since the 1980s. But this study’s authors went one step further. They calculated the predicted energy expenditure for a wild mammal, which is predominantly determined by body mass and ambient temperature. Compared to its
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