Association of Healthy Lifestyle Factors and Obesity-Related Diseases in Adults in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A healthy lifestyle is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease in adults with obesity. Little is known about the associations between a healthy lifestyle and the risk of other obesity-attributable diseases in this population.

Objective

To examine the association between healthy lifestyle factors and the incidence of major obesity-related diseases in adults with obesity compared with those with normal weight.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study evaluated UK Biobank participants aged 40 to 73 years and free of major obesity-attributable disease at baseline. Participants were enrolled from 2006 to 2010 and prospectively followed up for disease diagnosis.

Exposures

A healthy lifestyle score was constructed using informati

SUBMITTER: Rassy N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10220514 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature