Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy
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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.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2012-07-21 and is currently open access. It has received 6119 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Life expectancy & Population.read more
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Can Doping be a Good Thing? Using Psychoactive Drugs to Facilitate Physical Activity Behaviour
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Ambient fine particulate matter air pollution and leisure-time physical inactivity among US adults
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TL;DR: Ambient PM2.5 air pollution is found to be associated with a modest but measurable increase in individuals' leisure-time physical inactivity, and the relationship tends to differ across population subgroups.
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Physical activity counseling in primary health care in Brazil: a national study on prevalence and associated factors
Alex Antonio Florindo,Gregore I. Mielke,Grace Angélica de Oliveira Gomes,Luiz Roberto Ramos,Mario Maia Bracco,Diana C. Parra,Eduardo J. Simoes,Felipe Lobelo,Pedro C. Hallal +8 more
TL;DR: Physicians and nurses deemed physical activity counseling of great importance in primary health care in Brazil, however, in order to increase the quality of counseling and the number of professionals engaging in this activity, these health teams require greater knowledge about physical activity as well as training on the application of instruments for assessing physical activity.
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Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary-time are associated with arterial stiffness in Brazilian young adults
Bernardo L. Horta,Beatriz D'Agord Schaan,Renata Moraes Bielemann,Carolina Avila Vianna,Denise Petrucci Gigante,Fernando C. Barros,Ulf Ekelund,Pedro C. Hallal +7 more
TL;DR: Physical activity was inversely related to PWV in young adults, whereas sedentary time was positively associated, and associations were only partially mediated by WC and DBP.
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Health care provider confidence and exercise prescription practices of Exercise is Medicine Canada workshop attendees
TL;DR: Physicians intended on changing their practice by prescribing exercise routinely, and 33% planned on increasing physical activity and exercise counselling, measured through open-ended responses.
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