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Help please. when i am working on the computer i breath deeply. will this reduce weight?

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Dr. Theodore Davantzis answered

Specializes in Dentistry

No: You will need to physically excercise, diet, and burn off more calories than you ingest. Breathing deeply will not satisfy those requrements.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 2/3/2020

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