RESEARCH ARTICLE


Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease: Directions for Future Research



Mark Hamer*, Emmanual Stamatakis
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK.


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Abstract

Regular physical activity is widely accepted as playing a crucial role in cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. However, despite extensive research in this field there are crucial gaps in our knowledge. This paper discusses future research directions including population subgroup-specific exercise doses, research in under represented populations, the role of cardiorespiratory fitness in predicting CVD risk, and novel biological mechanisms that might mediate the inverse association between physical activity and CVD risk.