Physical activity and the prevention of chronic illness in the BRICS nations: Issues relating to gender equality

• More than 70% of all deaths in the BRICS countries are attributable to noncommunicable diseases. • There have been marked changes in physical activity levels, time use, and energy expenditure in these nations over the last 20 years. • There are marked gender differences in physical activity in 4 o...

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Autores principales: Mielke, Gregore I., Brown, Wendy J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shanghai University of Sport 2019
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Special Topic on Brics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6835007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31720057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2019.08.001
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spelling pubmed-68350072019-11-12 Physical activity and the prevention of chronic illness in the BRICS nations: Issues relating to gender equality Mielke, Gregore I. Brown, Wendy J. J Sport Health Sci Special Topic on Brics • More than 70% of all deaths in the BRICS countries are attributable to noncommunicable diseases. • There have been marked changes in physical activity levels, time use, and energy expenditure in these nations over the last 20 years. • There are marked gender differences in physical activity in 4 of the 5 BRICS nations, which largely reflect the overall gender inequalities in these countries. Shanghai University of Sport 2019-11 2019-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6835007/ /pubmed/31720057 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2019.08.001 Text en © 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Shanghai University of Sport. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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