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European Heart Journal 2004 25(24):2183-2184; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2004.10.014
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Editorial

Be physically active: the best buy in promoting heart health

Guy G. De Backer* and Dirk De Bacquer

Department of Public Health, University Hospital Gent, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

* Correspondence to: Guy G. De Backer, MD, PhD, Department of Public Health, University of Ghent, De Pintelaan, 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium. Tel.: +32 9240 3627; fax: +32 9240 4994 (E-mail: guy.debacker@ugent.be).

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This editorial refers to "Low physical activity as a predictor for total and cardiovascular disease mortality in middle-aged men and women in Finland" by N.C. Barengo et al. on page 2204 and "Joint effects of physical activity, body mass index, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio with the risk of cardiovascular disease among middle-aged Finnish men and women" by G. Hu et al. on page 2212.{dagger}

It is now more than 50 years ago that the physical activity-coronary heart disease (CHD) hypothesis was launched by Morris et al.1 with his pioneer . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Low physical activity as a predictor for total and cardiovascular disease mortality in middle-aged men and women in Finland
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