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Felipe Lobelo
Researcher at Emory University
Publications - 140
Citations - 18135
Felipe Lobelo is an academic researcher from Emory University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Health care. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 138 publications receiving 15904 citations. Previous affiliations of Felipe Lobelo include Del Rosario University & Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
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Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantify the effect of physical inactivity on these major non-communicable diseases by estimating how much disease could be averted if inactive people were to become active and to estimate gain in life expectancy at the population level.
Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantify the effect of physical inactivity on these major non-communicable diseases by estimating how much disease could be averted if inactive people were to become active and to estimate gain in life expectancy at the population level.
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The Evolving Definition of Sedentary
TL;DR: Future claims about the effects of sedentary, light, and moderate-to-vigorous activities on health outcomes should be supported by data from studies in which all levels of physical activity are differentiated clearly and measured independently.
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Association between muscular strength and mortality in men: prospective cohort study
Jonatan R. Ruiz,Xuemei Sui,Felipe Lobelo,James R. Morrow,Allen W. Jackson,Michael Sjöström,Steven N. Blair +6 more
TL;DR: Muscular strength is inversely and independently associated with death from all causes and cancer in men, even after adjusting for cardiorespiratory fitness and other potential confounders.
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Physical activity habits of doctors and medical students influence their counselling practices
TL;DR: There is compelling evidence that the health of doctors matters and that doctors’ own PA practices influence their clinical attitudes towards PA, and medical schools need to increase the proportion of students adopting and maintaining regular PA habits to increased the rates and quality of future PA counselling delivered by doctors.