Muscle strengthening, aerobic exercise, and obesity
A pooled analysis of 1.7 million US adults
Objective: Both aerobic physical activity and muscle-strengthening exercise are recommended for obesity prevention. However, at the population level, the independent and/or combined associations of these physical activity modalities with obesity…
Too much sitting and all-cause mortality
Is there a causal link?
Background: Sedentary behaviours (time spent sitting, with low energy expenditure) are associated with deleterious health outcomes, including all-cause mortality. Whether this association can be considered causal has yet to be…
The prevalence and correlates of sitting in European adults
A comparison of 32 Eurobarometer-participating countries
Deze studie brengt het zitgedrag van volwassenen uit 32 Europese landen in kaart, vergelijkt de informatie van de landen en koppelt ze aan mogelijke voorspellers van zitgedrag, zoals hoeveelheid beweging…