Title: [FITT principle of exercise in the management of lifestyle-related diseases].
Abstract: FITT principle (frequency, intensity, time, and type) of exercise is a framework for exercise prescription. A general recommendation is to accumulate at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise on most days of the week (total of 150 minutes per week). In this article, evidence was reviewed to clarify optimum exercise conditions for managing lifestyle-related diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity and metabolic syndrome. The effect of resistance exercise was also reviewed.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-03-01
Language: en
Type: review
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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