Active commuting is associated with a lower risk of obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome in Chilean adults | Zendy

Lewis Steell | Zendy; Álex Garrido-Méndez | Zendy; Fanny PetermannRocha | Zendy; Ximena Díaz-Martínez | Zendy; María Adela Martínez-Sangüinetti | Zendy; Ana María Leiva | Zendy; Carlos Salas-Bravo | Zendy; Cristián Álvarez | Zendy; Rodrigo RamírezCampillo | Zendy; Carlos CristiMontero | Zendy; Fernando RodríguezRodríguez | Zendy; Felipe Poblete-Valderrama | Zendy; Pedro DelgadoFloody | Zendy; Nicolás Aguilar-Farías | Zendy; Naomi D. Willis | Zendy; Carlos CelisMorales | Zendy

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Active commuting is associated with a lower risk of obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome in Chilean adults

Author(s) -

Lewis Steell,

Álex Garrido-Méndez,

Fanny PetermannRocha,

Ximena Díaz-Martínez,

María Adela Martínez-Sangüinetti,

Ana María Leiva,

Carlos Salas-Bravo,

Cristián Álvarez,

Rodrigo RamírezCampillo,

Carlos CristiMontero,

Fernando RodríguezRodríguez,

Felipe Poblete-Valderrama,

Pedro DelgadoFloody,

Nicolás Aguilar-Farías,

Naomi D. Willis,

Carlos CelisMorales

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdx092

Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , body mass index , metabolic syndrome , waist , odds ratio , type 2 diabetes , diabetes mellitus , population , epidemiology , odds , cross sectional study , demography , endocrinology , environmental health , logistic regression , pathology , sociology

There is limited evidence on how active commuting is associated with health benefits in developing countries. The aim of this study therefore was to investigate the associations between active commuting and markers of adiposity and cardiometabolic risk in the Chilean adult population.

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