objective: obesity is a worldwide health problem, with increasing prevalence associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. decrease in energy intake has been shown to lower the risk of coronary artery disease (cad) in obese. the common form of dietary restriction is daily calorie restriction (cr). another form is alternate-day fasting (adf). the ability of modified adf to facilitate we...

background: although physical activity (pa) has long been associated with cardiovascular disease (cvd), assessment of pa status has never been used as a part of cvd risk prediction tools. the aim of the present work was to examine whether the inclusion of pa status in a cvd risk model improves its predictive accuracy. methods: data from the 10‑year follow‑up (2002–2012) of the n = 2020 particip...