Inactivity, disability, and death are all interlinked: If you must watch a lot of television, move during commercial breaks-every little helps

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Badley, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SYMPTOM;

DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 84899642354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g2804     Document Type: Editorial

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