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Maureen MacDonald, Professor of Kinesiology and Provost and Vice President Academic, McMaster University

A big assumption has kept women out of health and fitness studies for years. What if it’s wrong?

What if much of what we thought we knew about women’s health and fitness was suddenly called into question?

Researchers in many fields of science, including my area of exercise physiology, are facing this scenario, after generations of research that either left out women participants altogether or significantly reduced their numbers in countless experiments.

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