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SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2017

Health Benefits of Light-Intensity Physical Activity: A Systematic Review of Accelerometer Data of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

Eszter Füzéki, Tobias Engeroff, Winfried Banzer

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 176 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

176 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. The neighbourhood built environment and health-related fitness: a narrative systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022
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  7. The association between wearable activity monitor metrics and performance status in oncology: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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  13. A two-arm non-randomised trial of MedEx IMPACT: a community-based, physical activity behaviour change intervention for survivors of cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Eszter FüzékiGoethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany. fuezeki@sport.uni-frankfurt.de.
Tobias EngeroffGoethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Winfried BanzerGoethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe health effects of light-intensity physical activity (PA) are not well known today.

objectiveWe conducted a systematic review to assess the association of accelerometer-measured light-intensity PA with modifiable health outcomes in adults and older adults.

methodsA systematic literature search up to March 2016 was performed in the PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and Google Scholar electronic databases, without language limitations, for studies of modifiable health outcomes in adults and older adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey accelerometer dataset.

resultsOverall, 37 cross-sectional studies and three longitudinal studies were included in the analysis, with considerable variation observed between the studies with regard to their operationalization of light-intensity PA. Light-intensity PA was found to be beneficially associated with obesity, markers of lipid and glucose metabolism, and mortality. Few data were available on musculoskeletal outcomes and results were mixed.

conclusionsObservational evidence that light-intensity PA can confer health benefits is accumulating. Currently inactive or insufficiently active people should be encouraged to engage in PA of any intensity. If longitudinal and intervention studies corroborate our findings, the revision of PA recommendations to include light-intensity activities, at least for currently inactive populations, might be warranted.

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AccelerometryHealth BehaviorAdolescentAdultAgedChildCross-Sectional StudiesExerciseFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMaleNutrition SurveysSedentary BehaviorBone Mineral DensityModerate QualityPhysical ActivitySedentary BehaviorWaist Circumference

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PMID28393328

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