Association of “weekend warrior” and other leisure time physical activity patterns with risks for all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality

G O'Donovan, IM Lee, M Hamer…�- JAMA internal�…, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance More research is required to clarify the association between physical activity and
health in “weekend warriors” who perform all their exercise in 1 or 2 sessions per week.
Objective To investigate associations between the weekend warrior and other physical
activity patterns and the risks for all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer
mortality. Design, Setting, and Participants This pooled analysis of household-based
surveillance studies included 11 cohorts of respondents to the Health Survey for England�…