ArticleThe open cardiovascular medicine journal2013
Increasing physical activity of high intensity to reduce the prevalence of chronic diseases and improve public health.
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- Effects of high-intensity interval training on patients with inflammatory arthritis: a systematic review.BMC rheumatology · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Exercise on the Cognitive Function of Older Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of interval walking training compared to normal walking training on cognitive function and arterial function in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2019Trial
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- Walking Improves Cardiac Function: A Trial on the Effects of Walking on Left Ventricular Function in Type 2 Diabetes Patients.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026Article
- Inflammatory biomarkers in axial spondyloarthritis and the effect of moderate and high-intensity interval training - a narrative review.Molecular biology reports · 2025Review
- Exercise Improves Cognitive Function-A Randomized Trial on the Effects of Physical Activity on Cognition in Type 2 Diabetes Patients.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
- Changes in Physical Activity After Installation of a Fitness Zone in a Community Park.Preventing chronic disease · 2018Article
- Physical activity in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: a cross-sectional study of 203 patients.Rheumatology international · 2016Article
- An mHealth Intervention Using a Smartphone App to Increase Walking Behavior in Young Adults: A Pilot Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2016Article
- A Trans-Theoretical Approach to Physical Activity Profile in General Population of Mashhad.Global journal of health science · 2015Article
- High disease activity is related to low levels of physical activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.Clinical rheumatology · 2013Article
- Obesity in CKD--what should nephrologists know?Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2013Review
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Abstract
High incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases, increasing obesity and inactivity as well as rising health expenditure represent a set of developments that cannot be considered sustainable, and will have dire long-term consequences given the increasing proportion of elderly people in our society. Based on a review of the experiences from previous large scale population-based prevention programs and the documented effects of increased physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness on chronic diseases and its risk factors, we argue that increased physical activity, especially vigorous physical activity, is a major way to reduce the prevalence of chronic diseases and improve public health. We conclude that a coordinated population-based intervention program for improved health through increased physical activity in the entire population, with a special focus on high intensity exercise, urgently needs to be implemented nationally and internationally.
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