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Aerobic Exercise

Last Updated: June 01, 2009

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Aerobic exercise refers to the kind of fast-paced activity that makes you "huff and puff." It places demands on your cardiovascular apparatus and, over time, produces beneficial changes in your respiratory and circulatory systems.


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Reprinted from the International Food Information Council Foundation, (2009)


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