The physical activity paradox: six reasons why occupational physical activity (OPA) does not confer the cardiovascular health benefits that leisure time physical activity does

Affiliations

¹ National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
³ Departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

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Andreas Holtermann et al. Br J Sports Med. 2018 Feb.

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. 2018 Feb;52(3):149-150.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097965. Epub 2017 Aug 10.

¹ National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
³ Departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

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Keywords: Cardiovascular; Physical Activity; Physiology.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.