ArticleCirculation2024
Associations of "Weekend Warrior" Physical Activity With Incident Disease and Cardiometabolic Health.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The weekend warrior phenomenon: comparable mortality reduction to regular exercise with enhanced neuroprotective effects-a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Weekend warrior and the risk of specific disease: a meta-epidemiology study.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Accelerometer-Derived "Weekend Warrior" Physical Activity Pattern and Venous Thromboembolism Incidence and Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
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- Accelerometer-Measured Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Cancer Risk: Dose-Response from Observational and Nonlinear Mendelian Randomization in UK Biobank.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Longitudinal association between the weekend warrior physical activity pattern and cognitive function trajectories among middle-aged and older Chinese adults.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Accelerometer-Measured Sedentary Behavior, Future Disease, and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health.JACC. Advances · 2026Article
- The paradox of physical activity in relation to well-being and mental health: a compositional data analysis of the 24-hour movement patterns.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Accelerometer-derived 'weekend warrior' physical activity pattern and sleep.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Associations of "weekend warrior" and other physical activity patterns with sarcopenia among older adults in China: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The impact of accelerometer-derived 'weekend warrior' physical activity on musculoskeletal disorders and multimorbidity development.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2026Article
- Accelerometer-derived "weekend warrior" physical activity pattern and risk of age-related eye diseases: a prospective cohort study.Eye and vision (London, England) · 2026Article
- Evolution in the targets for blood pressure treatment.Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension · 2026Review
- Effect of exercise and physical activity on blood pressure reduction.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Review
- Accelerometer-measured weekly and diurnal moderate-to-vigorous physical activity patterns and incident osteoporosis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026Article
- Accelerometer-derived moderate-to-vigorous physical activity patterns and incident dry eye disease: a prospective UK Biobank cohort study.BMC public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundAchievement of guideline-recommended levels of physical activity (≥150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week) is associated with lower risk of adverse cardiovascular events and represents an important public health priority. Although physical activity commonly follows a "weekend warrior" pattern, in which most moderate-to-vigorous physical activity is concentrated in 1 or 2 days rather than spread more evenly across the week (regular), the effects of physical activity pattern across a range of incident diseases, including cardiometabolic conditions, are unknown.
methodsWe tested associations between physical activity pattern and incidence of 678 conditions in 89 573 participants (62±8 years of age; 56% women) of the UK Biobank prospective cohort study who wore an accelerometer for 1 week between June 2013 and December 2015. Models were adjusted for multiple baseline clinical factors, and
resultsWhen compared to inactive (<150 minutes moderate-to-vigorous physical activity/week), both weekend warrior (267 total associations; 264 [99%] with lower disease risk; hazard ratio [HR] range, 0.35-0.89) and regular activity (209 associations; 205 [98%] with lower disease risk; HR range, 0.41-0.88) were broadly associated with lower risk of incident disease. The strongest associations were observed for cardiometabolic conditions such as incident hypertension (weekend warrior: HR, 0.77 [95% CI, 0.73-0.80];
conclusionsAchievement of measured physical activity volumes consistent with guideline recommendations is associated with lower risk for >200 diseases, with prominent effects on cardiometabolic conditions. Associations appear similar whether physical activity follows a weekend warrior pattern or is spread more evenly throughout the week.
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