The 'weekend warrior' physical activity pattern: how little is enough?

Br J Sports Med. 2017 Oct;51(19):1384-1385. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097538. Epub 2017 Feb 24.

Authors

Mark Hamer¹, Gary O'Donovan¹, I-Min Lee², Emmanuel Stamatakis³

Affiliations

¹ School Sport Exercise and Health Sciences, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
² Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Charles Perkins Centre, Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 28235757
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097538

No abstract available

Keywords: Death; Epidemiology; Exercise; Physical activity; Public health.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Cardiorespiratory Fitness*
Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality
Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control
Exercise*
Humans
Mortality
Neoplasms / mortality
Neoplasms / prevention & control
Time Factors*