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Replacing prolonged sedentary bouts with physical activity reduces mortality risk

Replacing Sitting Time With Activity Lowers Mortality Risk

No risk reduction seen when replacing prolonged sedentary bouts with shorter sedentary bouts
Exercise can consistently yield reductions in blood pressure

Exercise Can Consistently Lower Blood Pressure

Reductions in BP from exercise comparable but not as great as from medications
Endurance exercise has anti-aging effects visible at the cellular level

Endurance Exercise Tied to Anti-Aging at Cellular Level

Effect seen with aerobic endurance and high-intensity training but not resistance training
For sedentary adults at risk for cognitive decline

Exercise Promotes Executive Functioning in Sedentary Adults

Significant improvements seen in executive functioning for those at risk for cognitive decline
For patients with cancer

Exercise Linked to Reduced Mortality for Patients With Cancer

Mortality rate lower for habitually active patients and for those who started exercising after diagnosis
For very elderly patients undergoing acute-care hospitalization

Exercise Reverses Functional Decline in Hospitalized Elderly

Exercise intervention linked to reversal of functional declines associated with hospitalization
Few patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder receive pulmonary rehabilitation

Patients Hospitalized for COPD Rarely Receive Pulmonary Rehab

Elderly, those living >10 miles from facility, those with lower SES less likely to receive pulmonary rehab
Key guidelines for recommended physical activity in Americans have been updated

AHA: Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Updated

Guidelines provide information on types, amounts of exercise for different population groups
Children who are consistent sport participators have greater bone mineral content at age 20 years

Kids’ Sport Participation Tied to Higher Bone Mass in Young Adults

Participation in organized sport during childhood, teen years associated with bone mass at age 20
Implementation of a workplace intervention to change diet and physical activity behavior was partially successful among nurses

Limited Success for Changing Diet and Exercise Among Nurses

At 3 months, significant increase in fruit, vegetable intake but significant decline in physical activity