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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The Physical Activity 4 Everyone cluster randomized trial: 2-Year outcomes of a school physical activity intervention among adolescents
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TL;DR: The intervention was effective in increasing adolescents' minutes of MVPA, suggesting that implementation of the intervention by disadvantaged schools has the potential to slow the decline in physical activity.
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