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The epidemiology of muscle-strengthening exercise in Europe: A 28-country comparison

11.25.20 | PLOS

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The epidemiology of muscle-strengthening exercise in Europe: A 28-country comparison
Proportion of people 18 years and older who report muscle-strengthening exercise two or more times per week by country: a Muscle-strengthening exercise defined as physical activities specifically designed to strengthen muscles, such as doing resistance training or strength exercises (using weights, elastic band, own body weight, etc.) or push-ups (press-ups)/knee bends (squats). b This figure was generated using the open-source statistical software R (version 4.0.2; R Core Team [2020]. R: A l Credit: Bennie et al (2020) PLOS ONE, CC BY

A 28-country comparison of 280,605 adults reveals that just 17% of adult Europeans perform specific muscle-strengthening exercises--e.g.: squats, situps, and pushups--twice or more a week, as recommended by the WHO.

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Article Title: The epidemiology of muscle-strengthening exercise in Europe: A 28-country comparison including 280,605 adults

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0242220

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0242220

Keywords

Epidemiology Europe Physical Exercise

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0242220

Contact Information

Jason Bennie (PhD)
jason.bennie@usq.edu.au

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2020, November 25). The epidemiology of muscle-strengthening exercise in Europe: A 28-country comparison. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LVDV95YL/the-epidemiology-of-muscle-strengthening-exercise-in-europe-a-28-country-comparison.html
MLA:
"The epidemiology of muscle-strengthening exercise in Europe: A 28-country comparison." Brightsurf News, Nov. 25 2020, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LVDV95YL/the-epidemiology-of-muscle-strengthening-exercise-in-europe-a-28-country-comparison.html.