Deactivating the So-Called Placebo Effect of Exercise

Reuters lists a publication called Psychological Science as the source reporting a Harvard study with results that "support the idea that the benefits of exercise may involve a placebo effect." The study involved 84 female hotel housekeepers -- a solid, reliable demographic for measuring fitness (or anything) if I've ever seen one. "These results support the hypothesis that exercise affects health in part or in whole via the placebo effect," the authors write.

Bogus study: You have been Deactivated. I think the career success of researchers like this is due to the placebo effect.

Story.