Physical activity and risk of breast cancer, colon cancer, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and ischemic stroke events: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
This 2016 systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis incorporated data from 174 prospective cohort studies to evaluate the relationship between physical activity and the incidence of breast cancer, colon cancer, type 2 diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and ischemic stroke. It demonstrated an inverse, non-linear relationship between total physical activity (measured in