Mental barriers hamper obese women's efforts to get exercise

Monday, October 6, 2008 - 03:35 in Health & Medicine

For arachnophobes, it's difficult to kill a spider as it scurries across the floor. Those who are scared to fly might not ever set foot on a plane. While nothing physically stops people with these aversions, a mental barrier can keep them from the task at hand.

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