Should physical activity recommendations be ethnicity-specific? Evidence from a cross-sectional study of South Asian and European men.

Should physical activity recommendations be ethnicity-specific? Evidence from a cross-sectional study of South Asian and European men.

<h4>Background</h4>Expert bodies and health organisations recommend that adults undertake at least 150 min.week(-1) of moderate-intensity physical activity (MPA). However, the underpinning data largely emanate from studies of populations of European descent. It is unclear whether this le...

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Main Authors: Carlos A Celis-Morales, Nazim Ghouri, Mark E S Bailey, Naveed Sattar, Jason M R Gill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24349313/pdf/?tool=EBI

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