Listening to music can boost weight loss. That's the news from a recent study from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. For six months, researchers there encouraged obese dieters to walk at least three times a week, either listening to music of their choice or no music at all. Although those who walked without music lost eight pounds and 2 percent body fat on average, the group that walked to a beat lost an average of 16 pounds and 4 percent body fat, probably because they stuck with their new fitness regimen better and longer. "Exercising to preferred music may motivate people to move and distract them from discomforts associated with exercise, such as heavy breathing and sweating," says lead study author Christopher Capuano.

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