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As few as 1 in 20 English adults may be meeting physical activity guidelines, especially strengthening exercise, in study of over 250,000 people - with those who are female, older, or in deprived areas being especially unlikely to exercise enough

05.04.22 | PLOS

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As few as 1 in 20 English adults may be meeting physical activity guidelines, especially strengthening exercise, in study of over 250,000 people - with those who are female, older, or in deprived areas being especially unlikely to exercise enough

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0267277

Article Title: Who is meeting the strengthening physical activity guidelines by definition: A cross-sectional study of 253 423 English adults?

Author Countries: U.K., Colombia

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0267277

Who is meeting the strengthening physical activity guidelines by definition: A cross-sectional study of 253 423 English adults?

4-May-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Health and Medicine Health Care Human Health Physical Exercise Public Health Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0267277
Article Publication Date
2022-05-04
Article Title
Who is meeting the strengthening physical activity guidelines by definition: A cross-sectional study of 253 423 English adults?
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, May 4). As few as 1 in 20 English adults may be meeting physical activity guidelines, especially strengthening exercise, in study of over 250,000 people - with those who are female, older, or in deprived areas being especially unlikely to exercise enough. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L3RN7RZ8/as-few-as-1-in-20-english-adults-may-be-meeting-physical-activity-guidelines-especially-strengthening-exercise-in-study-of-over-250000-people-with-those-who-are-female-older-or-in-deprived-areas-being.html
MLA:
"As few as 1 in 20 English adults may be meeting physical activity guidelines, especially strengthening exercise, in study of over 250,000 people - with those who are female, older, or in deprived areas being especially unlikely to exercise enough." Brightsurf News, May. 4 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L3RN7RZ8/as-few-as-1-in-20-english-adults-may-be-meeting-physical-activity-guidelines-especially-strengthening-exercise-in-study-of-over-250000-people-with-those-who-are-female-older-or-in-deprived-areas-being.html.