Effects of active commuting to work for 12 months on cardiovascular risk factors and body composition.
Active commuting has the potential to decrease cardiovascular risk by increasing physical activity. We aimed to investigate the effects of active commuting to work for 12 months on body composition and cardiovascular risk factors. Therefore, 73 hospital employees (age: 46 ± 9 years, 36% males), with...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Vol. 30; pp. 24 - 31 |
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Aug2020 Supplement S1
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