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Obesity (BMI >= 30) is significantly associated with low leisure-time physical activity in women, but this association was not observed in men in this specific population.
For women, increasing leisure-time physical activity is a key strategy to prevent obesity. For men in this population, leisure-time physical activity was not significantly associated with obesity, suggesting that dietary factors or other lifestyle elements may be more critical targets for weight management.
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Low physical activity was positively associated with overweight and obesity in women but not men.
Why this rating
Large sample size, but cross-sectional design limits causal inference.
Source
First Nationwide Survey of Prevalence of Overweight, Underweight, and Abdominal Obesity in Iranian Adults
Mohsen Janghorbani et al. · Obesity · 2007
DOI 10.1038/oby.2007.332
cross_sectional · n=89404Cited 320×
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