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Long-term health benefits of physical activity – a systematic review of longitudinal studies

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, September 2013
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Title
Long-term health benefits of physical activity – a systematic review of longitudinal studies
Published in
BMC Public Health, September 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-13-813
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Authors

Miriam Reiner, Christina Niermann, Darko Jekauc, Alexander Woll

Abstract

The treatment of noncommunicable diseases (NCD), like coronary heart disease or type 2 diabetes mellitus, causes rising costs for the health system. Physical activity is supposed to reduce the risk for these diseases. Results of cross-sectional studies showed that physical activity is associated with better health, and that physical activity could prevent the development of these diseases. The purpose of this review is to summarize existing evidence for the long-term (>5 years) relationship between physical activity and weight gain, obesity, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Canada 2 <1%
Malaysia 2 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 1700 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 323 19%
Student > Master 301 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 207 12%
Researcher 126 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 79 5%
Other 248 14%
Unknown 428 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 271 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 262 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 194 11%
Psychology 107 6%
Social Sciences 95 6%
Other 277 16%
Unknown 506 30%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 364. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 February 2024.
All research outputs
#88,137
of 25,552,205 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#73
of 17,691 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#537
of 210,407 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#4
of 307 outputs
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