Mixed

Excess weight (BMI ≥25) and physical inactivity (<3.5 hours/week) together account for a substantial proportion of premature deaths (31% of all deaths, 59% of CVD deaths) in nonsmoking women.

To prevent premature death, public health efforts should focus on both maintaining a healthy weight and staying physically active. These two factors combined are responsible for nearly one-third of all premature deaths and more than half of cardiovascular deaths in this population.

StrongSupportsVERY_HIGH confidence

We estimate that excess weight... and physical inactivity... together could account for 31 percent of all premature deaths, 59 percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease, and 21 percent of deaths from cancer among nonsmoking women.

Frank B. Hu et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2004

Why this rating

Large cohort, long follow-up, rigorous adjustment.

Source

Adiposity as Compared with Physical Activity in Predicting Mortality among Women

Frank B. Hu et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2004

cohort · n=116564Cited 802×

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