Physical activity: The health benefits outweigh the risks

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 641-647

  Melzer, Katarina ^a   Kayser, Bengt ^a   Pichard, Claude ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiovascular disease; Cognitive disorders; Dehydration; Diabetes; Disease; Exercise; Health; Injuries; Obesity; Osteoporosis; Oxidative stress; Physical activity; Risk; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; BLOOD STORAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; ENERGY COST; EXERCISE; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART ARREST; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INJURY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SITTING; WELLBEING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 14844293541     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075197-200411000-00009     Document Type: Review

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