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The recommended half an hour of exercise a day may not be enough to stop weight gain.
According to a US study of 34,000 women, an hour a day of moderate exercise is needed to fight the flab.
Overweight women need to diet as well as exercise, a Harvard team reports in the Journal of the [...]

Women can enjoy a tipple and stay slim, according to a study that shows moderate drinkers gain less weight than teetotallers.
Women who drank red wine gained the least, but the results held for other wines, beers and spirits.
Although alcohol contains calories, the US researchers believe the women may have substituted it for other food. [...]