Open AccessTime spent being sedentary and weight gain in healthy adults: reverse or bidirectional causality?
Author(s) -
Ulf Ekelund,
Søren Brage,
Hervé Besson,
Stephen J. Sharp,
Nicholas J. Wareham
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/88.3.612
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , waist , obesity , population , prospective cohort study , sedentary lifestyle , longitudinal study , weight gain , cohort , sedentary behavior , cohort study , physical activity , demography , body weight , physical therapy , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Whether obesity is a cause or a consequence of a sedentary lifestyle has not yet been fully elucidated, which leaves uncertainty about the direction of causality.
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