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Leisure Time Physical Activity and Mortality

H Arem, S Moore, A Patel, P Hartge, A Berrington de Gonzalez, K Visvanathan et al.. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2015.

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In plain language

Compared with no leisure activity, doing less than the minimum was linked to 20% lower mortality and 1 to 2 times the minimum to 31% lower.

Limits

Self-reported activity.

Source

doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.0533 · PubMed 25844730 · Free full text

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