Too much is too little: Estimating the optimal physical activity level for a healthy mental state.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although physical activity and exercise are generally thought to have favorable effects on mental health, excessive physical activity may have unfavorable effects. In this study, the associations between physical activity and the states of mental health with U-shaped dose-response curves were hypothesized, and the ranges of physical activity resulting in optimal effects on mental health were investigated.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 1,237 adult volunteers in 2017 and 2018. Of these volunteers, 526 participants validly answered the self-administered questionnaires asking about physical activity, depression, anxiety, resilience, insomnia vulnerability, and life events. A comparison of mental health measures by physical activity levels and qua

SUBMITTER: Shimura A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9881726 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature