04/24/07 Excerise in Faith

Given the grocery shelf space devoted to organics, heath food and bottled water, add the current emphasis on exercise and well being and it would be natural to conclude that we are some of the healthiest generations to walk the planet. Think again & A study ripe from the University of Texas at Austin is suggesting that Baby Boomers actually have more chronic health problems then their parents or grandparents ever did. A whopping two thirds of Americans are overweight and researchers discovered that obesity is causing boomers to be a less active generation then those preceding them. Depressing news for overweight boomers yet a study in the April 9 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine offers hope that doesn't involve more physical exercise or diets. The results of their survey revealed that majority of US physicians believe religion and spirituality have positive health consequences, and that that God intervenes medically. The most important muscle to exercise could very well be our heart.