Impact of unhealthy lifestyle on cardiorespiratory fitness and heart rate recovery of medical science students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical science students represent valuable labour resources for better future medicine and medical technology. However, little attention was given to the health and well-being of these early career medical science professionals. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of lifestyle components on cardiorespiratory fitness and heart rate recovery measured after moderate exercise in this population.

Methods

Volunteers without documented medical condition were recruited randomly and continuously from the first-year medical science students during 2011-2014 at the University of Surrey, UK. Demographics and lifestyle components (the levels of smoking, alcohol intake, exercise, weekend outdoor activity and screen-time, daily sleep period, and self-assessment o

SUBMITTER: Fan LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7318519 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature