Background A growing body of studies that investigated the longitudinal association
between physical activity (PA) and the outcome of incident obesity, coronary heart disease …

Background Being overweight or obese is associated with an increased risk of
cardiovascular disease (CVD). Physical activity might reduce the risk associated with …

Despite the inverse association between physical activity (PA) and incident hypertension, a
comprehensive assessment of the quantitative dose–response association between PA and …

Background The relationships between physical activity (PA) and both cardiovascular
disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2 DM) have predominantly been estimated …

Vol. 39, No. 8, pp. 1233–1240, 2007. Background and Purpose: Many studies have shown
associations between risk of morbidity and mortality with both obesity and low physical …

Background Higher levels of physical activity (PA) are associated with a lower risk of
cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, uncertainty exists on whether the inverse …

BACKGROUND: Hypothesis 1—sustained changes in physical activity are inversely related
to changes in body weight. Hypothesis 2—those who attenuate weight gain because of a …

Published literature reports controversial results about the association of physical activity
(PA) with risk of hypertension. A meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies was performed …

Purpose We sought to determine whether the association between physical activity and 10-
year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk varies among normal weight, overweight, and obese …

Introduction. There is debate as to whether physical activity counteracts the adverse effect of
weight on health outcomes. We investigated how physical activity modifies the effect of body …