Low fitness linked to higher depression and anxiety risk

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/ucl-lfl111020.php

 

News Release 10-Nov-2020
University College London

 

People with low aerobic and muscular fitness are nearly twice as likely to experience depression, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Low fitness levels also predicted a 60% greater chance of anxiety, over a seven-year follow-up, according to the findings published in BMC Medicine.


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