Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Metabolically Healthy versus Unhealthy Obese and Non-Obese Individuals - The Maastricht Study.
Belle H de RooijJulianne D van der BergCarla J H van der KallenMiranda T SchramHans H C M SavelbergNicolaas C SchaperPieter C DagnelieRonald M A HenryAbraham A KroonCoen D A StehouwerAnnemarie KosterPublished in: PloS one (2016)
Overall, the metabolically healthy groups were less sedentary and more physically active than the metabolically unhealthy groups. Therefore, physical activity and sedentary time may partly explain the presence of the metabolic syndrome in obese as well as non-obese individuals.