作者
Anoop Misra, Priyanka Nigam, Andrew P Hills, Davinder S Chadha, Vineeta Sharma, KK Deepak, Naval K Vikram, Shashank Joshi, Ashish Chauhan, Kumud Khanna, Rekha Sharma, Kanchan Mittal, Santosh Jain Passi, Veenu Seth, Seema Puri, Ratna Devi, AP Dubey, Sunita Gupta, for the Physical Activity Consensus Group
发表日期
2012/1/1
来源
Diabetes technology & therapeutics
卷号
14
期号
1
页码范围
83-98
出版商
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
简介
India is currently undergoing rapid economic, demographic, and lifestyle transformations. A key feature of the latter transformation has been inappropriate and inadequate diets and decreases in physical activity. Data from various parts of India have shown a steady increase in the prevalence of lifestyle-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the metabolic syndrome, hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), etc., frequently in association with overweight or obesity. Comparative data show that Asian Indians are more sedentary than white Caucasians. In this review, the Consensus Group considered the available physical activity guidelines from international and Indian studies and formulated India-specific guidelines. A total of 60 min of physical activity is recommended every day for healthy Asian Indians in view of the high predisposition to develop T2DM and CHD. This should include at …
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