"Weekend Warrior" Physical Activity and Adipose Tissue Deposition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Attaining guideline-recommended levels of physical activity is associated with substantially lower risk of cardiometabolic diseases.

Objectives

Although physical activity commonly follows a weekend warrior pattern, in which most moderate-to-vigorous physical activity is concentrated in 1 to 2 days rather than spread more evenly across the week (regular), the effects of activity pattern on imaging-based biomarkers of cardiometabolic health are unknown.

Methods

We analyzed 17,146 UK Biobank participants who wore accelerometers for 1 week, and later underwent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Activity was categorized as inactive, regular, or "weekend warrior". Associations between activity pattern and magnetic resonance imaging-derived visceral adipose tissu

SUBMITTER: Kany S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11872521 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature