Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Associations of timing of physical activity with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a prospective cohort study

  • Hongliang Feng,
  • Lulu Yang,
  • Yannis Yan Liang,
  • Sizhi Ai,
  • Yaping Liu,
  • Yue Liu,
  • Xinyi Jin,
  • Binbin Lei,
  • Jing Wang,
  • Nana Zheng,
  • Xinru Chen,
  • Joey W. Y. Chan,
  • Raymond Kim Wai Sum,
  • Ngan Yin Chan,
  • Xiao Tan,
  • Christian Benedict,
  • Yun Kwok Wing,
  • Jihui Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36546-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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There is a growing interest in the role of timing of physical activity (PA) in improving health. Here, using a large-scale cohort study, the authors show that moderate-to-vigorous PA at the optimal time of day robustly predicts lower mortality risk and may maximize the beneficial effect of PA.