title: Urgent call for the third wish.
abstract: The people afflicted with obesity and its consequences need a menu of low-cost programmes to mitigate the over-nutrition and under-activity that underlie their condition. This editorial commentary points out the multiple merits (and shortcomings) of the Nordic walking - with ski poles - presented in an accompanying article. The Nordic exercise programme is then examined more broadly in the context of the general principles and limitations of exercise programmes - with and without calorie control - as a guide to future innovations.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Jesse
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: John O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Holloszy
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050177:Overweight / Q000628:therapy*; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*