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By Eric Barker
Barker is the author of Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Exercise.
I know what you’re thinking: I knew that answer.
Here’s the interesting part: exercise improved people’s feelings about their body even if they didn’t lose weight or achieve noticeable improvements. They just felt better about it:
For more on how to get in shape using psychology, click here.
This piece originally appeared on Barking Up the Wrong Tree.
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