Exercising is all in the words

April 28, 2009| By Roberta Schwartz Wennik, MS, RDN

As I was reading the latest issue of Nutriton Action Healthletter, a short piece caught my eye. It talked about how using the action words such as “go” in “Go exercise” encouraged people to eat. Why? Because with that word “go” they believed they needed to fuel up for the process. Is telling people to “go exercise” actually counterproductive? Something to think about.

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