Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Department of Redundancy Department

This article from Reuters via Yahoo! News seemed to think one bit of info stood out:

First sentence of the article:

Adults should engage in moderately intense exercise for at least 30 minutes five days a week or vigorous exercise at least 20 minutes three days each week, experts recommended on Wednesday.
Then, in the middle of the article:

The new guidelines call for healthy adults to engage in moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity for at least 30 minutes five days each week, or vigorous-intensity aerobic exercise for at least 20 minutes three days a week.
Then, at the end of the article:

"These guidelines, engaging in moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity for at least 30 minutes five days each week, or vigorous-intensity aerobic exercise for at least 20 minutes three days a week, should help this big public health problem that we face"
Is this a brilliant way of pummeling this into our heads or just a lack of attention? This article from Reuters via Yahoo! News seemed to think one bit of info stood out.

UPDATE: The quote at the end of the article is gone! Someone must have realized how stupid this was starting to sound.