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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Towards better evidence-informed global action: lessons learnt from the Lancet series and recent developments in physical activity and public health.
Ding Ding,Andrea Ramirez Varela,Adrian Bauman,Ulf Ekelund,I-Min Lee,Gregory W. Heath,Peter T. Katzmarzyk,Rodrigo Siqueira Reis,Michael Pratt +8 more
TL;DR: A global summary on the progress of, gaps in and future directions for physical activity research in the following areas are provided: surveillance and trends, correlates and determinants, health outcomes and interventions, programmes and policies.
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COVID-19 lockdown: Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in Italian medicine students.
TL;DR: Strategies fostering compliance to current guidelines for physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep should be implemented, especially in case of repeated or intermittent lockdown.
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Maintaining Healthy Behavior: a Prospective Study of Psychological Well-Being and Physical Activity
TL;DR: Psychological well-being was independently associated with attaining and maintaining higher physical activity levels over 11 years, suggesting that it may be a valuable target for interventions aimed at helping older adults acquire more physical activity.
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Built environment associates of active school travel in New Zealand children and youth: A systematic meta-analysis using individual participant data
Erika Ikeda,Tom Stewart,Nick Garrett,Victoria Egli,Sandra Mandic,Jamie Hosking,Karen Witten,Greer Hawley,El-Shadan Tautolo,Judy Rodda,Antoni Moore,Melody Smith +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the associations between active travel to school and the neighbourhood built environment in children and youth were examined by systematically identifying and collating data from New Zealand studies, and a one-step individual participant data meta-analysis was performed in SAS.
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Risk factors and comorbidities in the preclinical stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Hans Van Remoortel,Miek Hornikx,Daniel Langer,Chris Burtin,Stephanie Everaerts,Peter Verhamme,Steven Boonen,Rik Gosselink,Marc Decramer,Thierry Troosters,Wim Janssens +10 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of premorbid risk factors and comorbid diseases was significantly higher in preclinical COPD compared with age-matched never-smoking control subjects, but was similar to smoking control subjects not suffering from COPD.
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