Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy.

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Published in Lancet on July 21, 2012

Authors

I-Min Lee1, Eric J Shiroma, Felipe Lobelo, Pekka Puska, Steven N Blair, Peter T Katzmarzyk, Lancet Physical Activity Series Working Group

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. ilee@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

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