impact of physical activity on non-communicable diseases: findings from 20 years of the Tehran lipid and glucose study

ABSTRACT

Context low physical activity is one of the major risk factors for non-communicable diseases [NCD] such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The current paper reviews the main findings from Tehran lipid and glucose study [TLGS] that focus on physical activity and its association with cardiometabolic risk factors over the past two decades