School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, National Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, East Midlands, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK.
Centre for Physical Activity and Health Research, University of Ulster, Ulster, UK.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017;999:3-18. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-4307-9_1.
Leisure time physical activity, or exercise, has been described as today's best buy in public health. Physical inactivity is responsible for around 10% of all deaths and physical inactivity costs global healthcare systems billions of dollars each year. Here, we describe the human and economic costs of cardiovascular disease. Then, we explain that physical inactivity is a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The evidence of the role of physical activity in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease is reviewed and we make the case that exercise is medicine.
休闲时间的体育活动，或运动，被描述为当今公共卫生领域的最佳选择。缺乏身体活动导致了全球每年约 10%的死亡人数，并使全球医疗保健系统每年损失数十亿美元。在这里，我们描述了心血管疾病的人力和经济成本。然后，我们解释说，缺乏身体活动是心血管疾病的一个主要可改变的危险因素。我们回顾了身体活动在心血管疾病一级预防中的作用的证据，并提出了运动就是药物的观点。
