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Dr. Joe Houmard talks about how most people see the primary benefit of exercise as being weight loss when in reality exercise really isn’t that great a way to effectively lose weight. Instead, Dr. Houmard explains that there are many other benefits of exercise that patients seem to be unaware of but that may be even more important such as the lowering of blood sugar levels with just minimal exercise….
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Joseph Houmard, PhD, Introduction
Joe Houmard, Ph.D. has been at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC since 1988. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Exercise & Sport Science and Director of the Human Performance Laboratory. He is an author on more than 150 scientific papers and book chapters and has been funded by the National Institutes of Health for his research. Dr. Houmard’s research focuses on skeletal muscle metabolism and how it is altered with conditions such as aging, insulin, resistance, and obesity and how interventions such as weight loss and exercise exert their positive effects.