Correlates of physical activity and sedentary behavior in adults living with overweight and obesity: A systematic review

F Curran, ME Davis, K Murphy, N Tersigni… - Obesity …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Overweight and obesity are consistently associated with lower physical activity (PA) levels
and greater sedentary behavior (SB) in population studies. To date, no review has evaluated …

The effectiveness of new digital technologies in increasing physical activity levels and promoting active and healthy ageing: A narrative review

G Greco, L Poli, FM Clemente… - Health & Social Care …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Active healthy ageing (AHA) is a goal that several world organisations promote and is
essential for modern societies where the average age is increasing. Physical activity (PA) …

Prevalence of risk factors for hypertension among faculty at an Urban University in Uganda

B Alinaitwe, C Amanya, PA Muwanguzi… - Integrated Blood …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Hypertension is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality worldwide. Many
people however are not aware of their possession of risk factors for hypertension. There is a …

Effects of built and natural environments on leisure physical activity in residential and workplace neighborhoods

C Yin, J Liu, B Sun - Health & place, 2023 - Elsevier
Few studies have investigated relative contributions of the built and natural environments to
and their nonlinear associations with leisure physical activity (PA) in different spatial …

Multidimensional frailty and lifestyles of community-dwelling older Portuguese adults

ACA Faria, MMFPS Martins, OMPL Ribeiro… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Lifestyles are referred to as conditioning factors for the frailty of older adults.
However, there are few studies that explore its association. The objective of the present …

Explaining adult obesity, severe obesity, and BMI: Five decades of change

AW Kranjac, D Kranjac - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Obesity rates have increased across all segments of society since the late 1970s, but the
reason behind population-level increases in body weight remains unclear. We used the …

Chronic voluntary wheel running exercise ameliorates metabolic dysfunction via PGC-1α expression independently of FNDC5/irisin pathway in high fat diet-induced …

C Cho, M Ji, E Cho, S Yi, JG Kim, S Lee - The Journal of Physiological …, 2023 - Springer
Exercise is an effective intervention to ameliorate metabolic diseases including obesity and
insulin resistance, but the mechanisms involved in the metabolic amelioration have not yet …

Sedentary behavior, physical activity, sleep duration and obesity risk: Mendelian randomization study

S Chen, L Yang, Y Yang, W Shi, M Stults-Kolehmainen… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Observational studies have suggested associations between sedentary
behaviors (SB), physical activity (PA), sleep duration (SD), and obesity, but the causal …

Differences in associated factors of sedentary behavior by diabetes mellitus status: a nationwide cross-sectional study

DK Jang, HS Nam, M Park, YH Kim - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to identify the lifestyle and comorbidity factors associated with sedentary
behavior by diabetes mellitus (DM) status. A total of 17,832 participants aged≥ 50 years …

Effect of a low-moderate exercise program on dysmetabolism in older adults: Results of a randomized controlled trial

F Velluzzi, G Cossu, M Fosci, R Montisci, R Zaccheddu… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Physical exercise has been shown to improve dysmetabolism in older adults, reducing
cardiovascular risk, while its role in preventing dysmetabolism is less known. Moreover …