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If you're an adult without heart disease and you get 150 to 300 minutes of brisk exercise each week, you're less likely to die from any cause — especially if your body has trouble processing sugar....

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Effects of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on the associations between an insulin resistance surrogate and incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality: a UK Biobank cohort study

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2025

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Effects of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on the associations between an insulin resistance surrogate and incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality: a UK Biobank cohort study

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DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1709135

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