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Chronic disease and the link to physical activity

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Durstine, J. Larry, Gordon, Benjamin, Wang, Zhengzhen, Luo, Xijuan·2013·Journal of Sport and Health Science

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Chronic diseases have become a focal point of public health worldwide with estimates of trillions of dollars in annual health care cost and causing more than 36 million deaths a year. Lifestyle factors such as physical inactivity are heavily correlated with the development of many chronic diseases. New strategies for primary and secondary disease prevention are desperately needed to aid in blunting the negative economic and social impact of these diseases. Physical activity (PA) and exercise are now considered principal interventions for use in primary and secondary prevention of chronic diseases. Currently, more emphasis in primary prevention of disease is necessary to reduce disease risk in youth and adults; however with chronic disease prevalence so high, similar emphasis is also necessary for secondary prevention in those children and adults already inflicted with chronic diseases. Conditions such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cancer are drastically improved when PA and exercise are part of a medical management plan. In addition, the national PA guidelines in conjunction with PA promotion tools like Exercise is Medicine™ are needed to promote increased PA and exercise levels worldwide.

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  • Physical activity is negatively associated with depression/anxiety disorders and poor physical health outcomes.

    “Several studies have found that physical activity is negatively associated with depression/anxiety disorders and poor physical health outcomes (Gerber and Puehse 2009;De Mello et al., 2013;Durstine et al., 2013;Wang et al., 2014;Hegberg and Tone, 2015).”

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Authors
Durstine, J. L., Gordon, B., Wang, Z., & Luo, X.
Affiliations
  • University of South Carolina (US)
  • Beijing Sport University (CN)
  • Guizhou University (CN)
Corresponding author
Durstine, J. Larry
Venue
Journal of Sport and Health Science
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-03
Volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
3-11
ISSN
  • 2213-2961 (ISSN-L)
  • 2095-2546
OpenAlex
W2055117281
Cited by
460
References
96
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 43 · 2024: 50 · 2023: 49 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 63 · 2020: 45 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 31 · 2016: 28 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 5
FWCI
5.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Journal of sport and health science/Journal of Sport and Health Science (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Sports and Physical Education Studies
Keywords
chronic disease, physical activity, primary prevention, secondary prevention, physical inactivity, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, cancer, Exercise is Medicine, physical activity guidelines, health care costs

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