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Health benefits of physical activity: the evidence
Darren E.R. Warburton, Crystal Whitney Nicol and Shannon S.D. Bredin
CMAJ March 14, 2006 174 (6) 801-809; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.051351
Darren E.R. Warburton
Crystal Whitney Nicol
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vol. 174 no. 6 801-809
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- Published online March 13, 2006.
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- Darren E.R. Warburton,
- Crystal Whitney Nicol,
- Shannon S.D. Bredin
- From the School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia (Warburton, Nicol, Bredin), and the Healthy Heart Program, St. Paul's Hospital (Warburton, Nicol), Vancouver, BC
- Correspondence to:
Dr. Darren E.R. Warburton, Cardiovascular Physiology and Rehabilitation Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Unit II, Osborne Centre, 6108 Thunderbird Blvd., Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3; fax 604 822-9451; darren.warburton{at}ubc.ca
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Health benefits of physical activity: the evidence
Darren E.R. Warburton, Crystal Whitney Nicol, Shannon S.D. Bredin
CMAJ Mar 2006, 174 (6) 801-809; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.051351
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- All-cause and cardiovascular-related death
- Diabetes mellitus
- Cancer
- Osteoporosis
- Physical activity or physical fitness?
- Musculoskeletal fitness: a paradigm shift
- How much physical activity is enough?
- How does physical activity and fitness lead to improved health outcomes?
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