Sedentary behaviour, visceral fat accumulation and cardiometabolic risk in adults: a 6-year longitudinal study from the Quebec Family Study.

Sedentary behaviour has recently emerged as a unique risk factor for chronic disease morbidity and mortality. One factor that may explain this relationship is visceral adiposity, which is prospectively associated with increased cardiometabolic risk and mortality. The objective of the present study w...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Travis J Saunders, Mark S Tremblay, Jean-Pierre Després, Claude Bouchard, Angelo Tremblay, Jean-Philippe Chaput
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3541147?pdf=render