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Long-term health benefits of physical activity

a systematic review of longitudinal studies

Background: The treatment of noncommunicable diseases (NCD), like coronary heart disease or type 2 diabetes mellitus, causes rising costs for the health system. Physical activity is supposed to reduce the risk for these diseases. Results of cross-sectional studies showed that physical activity is associated with better health, and that physical activity could prevent the development of these diseases.

The purpose of this review is to summarize existing evidence for the long-term (>5 years) relationship between physical activity and weight gain, obesity, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Results: The results of these studies show that physical activity appears to have a positive long-term influence on all selected diseases.

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Miriam Reiner
Christina Niermann
Darko Jekauc
Alexander Woll

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