Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Light-Intensity Physical Activity Are Independently Associated with Reduced Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Urban Black South African Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.

CONCLUSION: Both physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness were associated with reduced total and central fat mass, VAT, and reduced cardiometabolic risk for CVD and T2D. Longitudinal studies are required to confirm whether the promotion of increasing light physical activity, while reducing sedentary time and increasing cardiorespiratory fitness, reduces the risk for obesity, CVD and T2D. PMID: 26565756 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Diabetes Metab - November 13, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Dickie K, Micklesfield LK, Chantler S, Lambert EV, Goedecke JH Tags: Metab Syndr Relat Disord Source Type: research