Disabled Fat Nation

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Disabled Fat Nation

A woman measuring her waistAs part of the BBC's Fat Nation campaign, we've compiled some key facts about getting fit and taking exercise for disabled people - with everything from top tips from disabled sportspeople, to calculating the equivalent of 10,000 steps if you're a wheelchair user, to dieting for coeliacs.

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    • 1. At 4:47pm on 08 Jan 2009, shaunpilkington wrote:

      Be like me - get MS then get a dog that will ensure you have to twitch and spasm your way around the streets come rain or shine. The weight falls off, I can tell you!

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