Does meeting physical activity recommendations ameliorate association between television viewing with cardiovascular disease risk? A cross-sectional, population-based analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

As a common form of sedentary behaviour, television viewing is associated with an increase in body mass index (BMI) as well as overall cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study examined the extent to which meeting the recommended volume of weekly physical activity (PA) reduced the association between television viewing with the outcomes of BMI and CVD risk. A second aim was to determine the number of hours (ie, cut-point) of daily television viewing that conferred a higher BMI and CVD risk for a large population-based sample of adults.

Design

Population-based, cross-sectional study.

Setting

UK Biobank recruited across 35 centres in the UK between 2006 and 2010.

Primary outcome

CVD risk, as measured by the 30-year Framingham risk score.

Results

SUBMITTER: Patterson F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7295402 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature