Using concepts of exercise and weight control to illustrate biochemical principles

Abstract

An estimated 59% of all adult Americans engage in some type of physical activity (J). Fifty million of these get their exercise through jogging, and some 70,000 have a run a marathon (42,2 km or 26,2 miles) (1). This means that in a university biochemistry class of 50 "average" American adults, about 30 students would engage in regular physical exercise.