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Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: Diet, Lifestyle and Risk Factors in the Seven Countries Study pp 109–124Cite as

Physical Activity, Physical Fitness and Coronary Heart Disease in the Seven Countries Study

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alike to be important to preserve health and prevent disease, along with other lifestyle patterns such as eating, drinking, and smoking habits, and psycho-social adjustment. However, the measurement of habitual physical activity is complex and uncertain. Measuring physical activity is needed to characterize both populations and individuals.

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  1. Director Nutrition and Consumer Safety Division, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, Bilthoven, 3720 BA, The Netherlands

    Daan Kromhout (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Association for Cardiac Research Cardioricerca, Via Adda 87, Rome, 00198, Italy

    Alessandro Menotti (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55454-1015, USA

    Henry Blackburn (Mayo Professor Emeritus) (Mayo Professor Emeritus)

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Menotti, A. (2002). Physical Activity, Physical Fitness and Coronary Heart Disease in the Seven Countries Study. In: Kromhout, D., Menotti, A., Blackburn, H. (eds) Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: Diet, Lifestyle and Risk Factors in the Seven Countries Study. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 243. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1117-5_9

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