Objective Measures of Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic and Endocrine Biomarkers

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Authors

Hala B AlEssa · Harvard University

Andrea K. Chomistek · Indiana University Bloomington

Susan E. Hankinson · Harvard University

Junaidah B. Barnett · Tufts University

Jennifer Rood · Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Charles E. Matthews · National Cancer Institute

Eric B. Rimm

Abstract

Our data suggest that greater physical activity is modestly associated with favorable levels of cardiometabolic and endocrine biomarkers, where the strongest associations were found with accelerometer-measured physical activity. These associations may be only partially mediated through BMI, further supporting the role of physical activity in the reduction of cardiometabolic and endocrine disease risk, independent of adiposity.

Topics & Keywords

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Physical Activity and Health Nutritional Studies and Diet

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Volume 49, Issue 9, pp. 1817-1825

DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000001287

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