Do adults with non-communicable diseases meet the German physical activity recommendations?

Indoor Air Quality and Severity of COVID-19: Where Communicable and Non-communicable Preventive Measures Meet

Combating non-communicable diseases.

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Physical activity levels, duration pattern and adherence to WHO recommendations in German adults

BACKGROUND Intensity and duration of physical activity are associated with the achievement of health benefits. Our aim was to characterize physical activity behavior in terms of intensity, duration pattern, and adherence to the WHO physical activity recommendations in a population-based sample of adults from southern Germany. Further, we investigated associations between physical activity and s...

Infections interplay with non-communicable diseases.

In this September issue, we bring you very diverse, but interesting, papers. South African authors have written for us about the quality of rapid HIV testing and testers’ compliance.1 They found sub-standard practices in relation to testing – a matter of concern. Nigerian authors on the other hand report adverse outcomes of TB-HIV patients at PEPFAR/DOTS centres2, while Ethiopian authors have s...

Physical activity and major non-communicable diseases among physicians in Central Saudi Arabia

OBJECTIVES To evaluate levels of physical activity among physicians in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and to study the possible factors affecting physical inactivity. In addition, the study aims to estimate the prevalence of major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and a possible correlation between physical inactivity and major NCDs.  Method: A cross-sectional approach was used for this study conducted on...