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closeMedia Coverage of This Article
Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 27 Jul 2012 at 22:29 GMT
The following articles represent some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: WTAQ
Title: “Study: Exercise overrated as key to curing obesity problem - WTAQ News Talk 97.5FM and 1360AM”
http://wtaq.com/news/arti...
Publication: The Conversation Australia
Title: “Does hunter-gatherer history point to the cause of obesity?”
http://theconversation.ed...
Publication: Top News United States
Title: “Desk Job Burns Equivalent Calories as of Hunters | TopNews United States”
http://topnews.us/content...
Publication: Joy Online
Title: “Hunter gatherer clue to obesity | Health”
http://lifestyle.myjoyonl...
Publication: The Atlantic
Title: “Study: Office Workers Burn as Many Calories as Hunter-Gatherers - Lindsay Abrams - The Atlantic”
http://www.theatlantic.co...
Publication: New Zealand Herald
Title: “Desk workers burn as many calories as hunter-gatherers - Life & Style - NZ Herald News”
http://www.nzherald.co.nz...
Publication: Fit Sugar
Title: “Diet More Important Than Exercise, Study Says”
http://www.fitsugar.com/D...
Publication: Counsel & Heal
Title: “Too Much Food Blamed for Obesity, Not Sedentary Lifestyle - Counsel & Heal :: Therapy :: Counsel & Heal”
http://www.counselheal.co...
Publication: Mother Nature Network
Title: “Obesity not affected by activity level, study finds | MNN - Mother Nature Network”
http://www.mnn.com/health...
Publication: NHS Choices
Title: “Are couch potatoes 'as fit as hunter-gatherers'? - Health News - NHS Choices”
http://www.nhs.uk/news/20...
Publication: Field and Stream
Title: “Ancient Hunters Didn't Burn More Calories, They Ate Better | Field & Stream”
http://www.fieldandstream...
Publication: Newser
Title: “Scientists Find New Obesity Clue in Tanzania - It turns out Westerners and hunter-gatherers have same metabolic rate”
http://www.newser.com/sto...
Publication: RTT News
Title: “Office Workers Burn As Many Calories As Hunter/Gatherers”
http://www.rttnews.com/19...
Publication: California Watch
Title: “Sitting vs. hunting: Both use same amount of energy, study says | California Watch”
http://californiawatch.or...
Publication: Truth Dig
Title: “Diet, Not Exercise, Key to Obesity, Scientists Find - Truthdig”
http://www.truthdig.com/e...
Publication: Care2
Title: “Why You Can't Just "Work Off" That Ice Cream Sundae | Care2 Causes”
http://www.care2.com/caus...
Publication: The Information Daily
Title: “New study shows that obesity is down to diet not exercise | eGov monitor | The Information Daily”
http://www.egovmonitor.co...
Publication: UPI
Title: “Hunter-gatherers don't use more calories - UPI.com”
http://www.upi.com/Health...
Publication: Herald Sun
Title: “Survival of the fattest as office worker and hunter-gatherers searching for food with spear use same energy | Herald Sun”
http://www.heraldsun.com....
Publication: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Title: “Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: - KBC News”
http://www.kbc.co.ke/news...
Publication: TIME Healthland
Title: “We Burn as Many Calories as Hunter-Gatherers, So What Makes Us Fat? | Healthland | TIME.com”
http://healthland.time.co...
Publication: New Zealand Herald
Title: “Desk workers burn as much calories as hunter-gatherers - National - NZ Herald News”
http://www.nzherald.co.nz...
Publication: Daily Mail
Title: “Why office workers burn off as many calories as their hunter-gatherer forebears | Mail Online”
http://www.dailymail.co.u...
Publication: The Telegraph
Title: “Office workers burn as many calories as hunter gatherers - Telegraph”
http://www.telegraph.co.u...
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Title: “Modern diet to blame for growing waistlines: report”
http://www.smh.com.au/nat...
Publication: French Tribune
Title: “Overeating, Not Inactive Life, Making Westerners Obese, Say Researchers | French Tribune”
http://frenchtribune.com/...
Publication: On Medica
Title: “OnMedica - News - Inactivity not to blame for rising obesity”
http://www.onmedica.com/N...
Publication: U T San Diego
Title: “Sitting vs. hunting: Both use same amount of energy, study says | UTSanDiego.com”
http://www.utsandiego.com...
Publication: Journal Sentinel
Title: “Sedentary lifestyle not to blame for obesity - JSOnline”
http://www.jsonline.com/f...
Publication: BBC News
Title: “BBC News - Hunter gatherer clue to obesity”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
Publication: EurekAlert
Title: “Hunter-gatherers, Westerners use same amount of energy, contrary to theory”
http://www.eurekalert.org...
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RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 30 Jul 2012 at 17:00 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Globe and Mail
Title: “It’s our diet, not our sloth, that’s making us fat, new research suggests - The Globe and Mail”
http://www.theglobeandmai...
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RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 06 Aug 2012 at 20:04 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Science 2.0
Title: “Debunked? Hunter-Gatherers Burned More Energy Than Modern People”
http://www.science20.com/...
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RE: RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 10 Aug 2012 at 21:46 GMT
The following articles represent some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Futurity
Title: “Futurity.org - Hunter-gatherers don't burn more calories”
http://www.futurity.org/h...
Publication: YaleNews
Title: “YaleNews | Hunter-gatherers expend same calories as average Americans”
http://news.yale.edu/2012...
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RE: RE: RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 17 Aug 2012 at 23:10 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: The Boston Globe
Title: “Smile, you're low status! - Boston.com”
http://articles.boston.co...
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RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 12 Sep 2012 at 21:44 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: New York Times
Title: “Debunking the Hunter-Gatherer Workout - NYTimes.com”
http://www.nytimes.com/20...
Publication: Statistical Epidemiology
Title: “Where "Hunter-Gatherer Energetics and Human Obesity" gets it wrong | Statistical Epidemiology”
http://statisticalepidemi...
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