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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Prevalence, incidence, predictors, treatment, and control of hypertension among HIV-positive adults on antiretroviral treatment in public sector treatment programs in South Africa.
Alana T. Brennan,Lise Jamieson,Nigel J. Crowther,Matthew P. Fox,Matthew P. Fox,Jaya A. George,Jaya A. George,Kaitlyn M. Berry,Andrew Stokes,Mhairi Maskew,Ian Sanne,Lawrence Long,Lawrence Long,Naseem Cassim,Sydney Rosen,Sydney Rosen +15 more
TL;DR: Older patients, males, those on nevirapine, zidovudine or stavudine, and those who are overweight/obese should be targeted for frequent blood pressure monitoring and the identification of other cardiovascular risk factors to encourage lifestyle modifications.
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Correlates of sedentary behavior in the general population: A cross-sectional study using nationally representative data from six low- and middle-income countries
TL;DR: The current data provides important guidance for future interventions across LMICs to assist sedentary people to reduce their SB levels and several between-country differences were found.
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Exercising alone versus with others and associations with subjective health status in older Japanese: The JAGES Cohort Study
TL;DR: Examination of the association of regular exercise to subjective health status differs according to whether people exercise alone and/or with others, adjusting for frequency of exercise found increased frequency ofercise with others has important health benefits regardless of the total frequency of Exercise.
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Monitoring population levels of physical activity and sedentary time in Norway across the lifespan.
Bjørge H. Hansen,Elin Kolle,Jostein Steene-Johannessen,Knut Eirik Dalene,Ulf Ekelund,Sigmund A. Anderssen +5 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive description of objectively measured PA, sedentary time, and prevalence of meeting PA recommendations, in a population‐based sample of Norwegian children, adolescents and adults is provided.
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Association between physical activity and all cancer mortality: Dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies.
Yingjun Li,Mengjia Gu,Fangyuan Jing,Shaofang Cai,Chengzhen Bao,Jianbing Wang,Mingjuan Jin,Kun Chen +7 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided of an inverse association between pre‐diagnosis PA and all cancer mortality among the general population and high‐quality epidemiological studies that employ standardized PA assessments and unified definitions of PA levels should be developed in future.
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