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Sedentary Time
19
Aug

Association Between Excess Leisure Sedentary Time and Risk of Stroke in Young Individuals

August 19, 2021
Association Between Excess Leisure Sedentary Time and Risk of Stroke in Young Individuals Raed A. Joundi MD, DPhil, Scott B. Patten MD, PhD, Jeanne V.A. Williams Msc, Eric E. Smith, MD, MPH https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.034985 Stroke. ;0:STROKEAHA.121.034985 Abstract Background and Purpose: The association between physical activity (PA) and lower risk of stroke is well established, but the relationship between leisure sedentary...
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14
Aug

Reducing risk of childhood obesity in the wake of covid-19

August 14, 2021
BMJ 2021; 374 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1716 (Published 10 August 2021) BMJ 2021;374:n1716 Alexandra Chung and colleagues call for governments to prioritise child obesity as they implement measures to recover from the pandemic https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1716 Extract Healthy school food and physical activity environments As part of government efforts to reduce the spread of covid-19, schools and early childhood education and care settings have sometimes been closed...
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