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Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
David NiederseerMartin Loidl

Abstract

Sedentary lifestyle is one of the most important modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and substantially triggers direct and indirect costs, as well as reduced productivity, early retirement or treatment costs. In contrast, regular aerobic physical activity effectively reduces hypercholesterinemia, obesity, diabetes type 2 and inflammatory markers in a positive, dose-dependent way2,3 . Indeed, recent data reveals that in Western countries up to 1.3 million cardiovascular deaths per year could be avoided only by increasing regular physical activity by 25% 1 . According to the European guidelines for prevention of cardiovascular diseases, regular aerobic physical activity effectively reduces modifiable cardiovascular risk factors such as hypercholesterinemia, obesity, diabetes type 2 and inflammatory markers in a positive, dose-dependent way2,3 . The current WHO guidelines call for 30-60 minutes of moderate aerobic activity on 3-7 days per week, at least 150 minutes in total, supplemented with resistance training twice a week 4 . This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Feb 1, 2020·Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports·Christian SchmiedDavid Niederseer
Apr 5, 2020·Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports·Luis Moritz NeumeierDavid Niederseer
Apr 17, 2020·Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports·Christine SchäferJosef Niebauer
Apr 26, 2020·Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports·Mahdi SarebanJosef Niebauer
Apr 27, 2020·Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports·Bernhard ReichJosef Niebauer

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Apr 17, 2020·Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports·Christine SchäferJosef Niebauer

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