Actividad física y incidencia de enfermedades cardiovasculares derivadas del acelerómetro

Shaan Khurshid1,2,3, Mostafa A Al-Alusi1,3,4, Timothy W Churchill1,5

  • 1Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

JAMA
|July 18, 2023
PubMed
Resumen

La acumulación de actividad física moderada a vigorosa (MVPA) en 1-2 días por semana, conocida como el patrón de "guerrero de fin de semana", ofrece beneficios cardiovasculares similares a la distribución de la actividad uniformemente a lo largo de la semana. Este hallazgo respalda varios enfoques para lograr los niveles de ejercicio recomendados para la salud del corazón.

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