Fidgeting Found to Help People to Avoid Gaining Weight

Researchers who controlled the diet and monitored the activity of a group of volunteers for eight weeks say their study has revealed a new secret to staying slim -- fidgeting.

James A. Levine, a scientist in the Endocrine Research Unit at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and two colleagues from that institution gave 16 volunteers more food than they needed to maintain their weight. What the study found is

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