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This post has been updated with new research since it first ran in January 2019.

The seasonal ritual of snow-shoveling carries with it broader and more significant public health risks than that of the proverbial aching muscles. Though many serious injuries, hospitalizations, and deaths result every year from shoveling in the United States, scarce attention is paid to proper rules of safety.

New research suggests that people who know more about the benefits of physical activity spend more time doing it.