Importance of both increasing physical activity and reducing sitting time

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health, GW Cancer Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
² Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Editorial

Hannah Arem et al. Br J Sports Med. 2019 Jul.

. 2019 Jul;53(14):853-854.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099595. Epub 2018 Jul 10.

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health, GW Cancer Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
² Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

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Keywords: physical activity.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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