Most People today, especially women, don’t have the same muscle power as their parents and their parents before that, experts warn. Muscular strength has hit a plateau and muscular endurance- the ability to repeatedly exert force, such as doing sit-ups- among women has declined by 8% to 10% since the Eighties even though their overall weight and height have increased. So now we have thin women with no muscles supporting their spine, and overweight ones without any muscles under the fat. The cause of weakening the musculatures is bad diets and increasing inactivity. Poor muscle strength is to blame for a host of health problems such as osteoporosis, fractures, arthritis and back pain.
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Hindustan Times- Wellness,
27/01/2013
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