Authors
Rianne M Weggemans, Frank JG Backx, Lars Borghouts, Mai Chinapaw, Maria TE Hopman, Annemarie Koster, Stef Kremers, Luc JC van Loon, Anne May, Arend Mosterd, Hidde P van der Ploeg, Tim Takken, Marjolein Visser, GC Wendel-Vos, Eco JC de Geus, Committee Dutch Physical Activity Guidelines 2017
Publication date
2018/12
Source
International journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity
Volume
15
Pages
1-12
Publisher
BioMed Central
Description
Background
The objective of this study was to derive evidence-based physical activity guidelines for the general Dutch population.
Methods
Two systematic reviews were conducted of English language meta-analyses in PubMed summarizing separately randomized controlled trials and prospective cohort studies on the relation between physical activity and sedentary behaviour on the one hand and the risk of all-cause mortality and incidence of 15 major chronic diseases and conditions on the other hand. Other outcome measures were risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, physical functioning, and fitness. On the basis of these reviews, an expert committee derived physical activity guidelines. In deriving the guidelines, the committee first selected only experimental and observational prospective findings with a strong level of …
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