smoking

Exercise does some pretty amazing things for your health. It probably wouldn't come as much of surprise that exercise can help smokers quit. This particular study - from the University of Exeter is unique however in that it shows the effect of exercise on images of smoking. Let's explore!

New research points to "fear of fat" as a primary reason for keeping the cigarette habit. The study (appearing in Addictive Behaviors) investigated 587 women and found that smokers "endorsed a thinner preferred body shape and scored lower on body satisfaction than never-smokers".

Unfortunately smoking may also produce wrinkled skin, thinning hair, cracked fingernails, yellowed teeth and terrible breath.

...in mice that is.

A brief article in the Sydney Morning Herald tells us that smoking is linked with lowered caloric intake - but not with fat loss.