Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
Lack of links is always a red flag for me, both in news articles and BF posts. The article text is contradictory because the author doesn't understand the issues and misstates the study findings. I exercise 8-15 hours/week, but only about one hour is "intense."
For example,
The author is probably reporting on other reporting, rather than on the studies themselves.
Less than two minutes following the links from the news.com.au article through Huffington Post to the media release resulted in this:
A reverse J-shaped association of leisure time physical activity with prognosis in patients with stable coronary heart disease: evidence from a large cohort with repeated measurements -- Mons et al. -- Heart
this:
Atrial fibrillation is associated with different levels of physical activity levels at different ages in men -- Drca et al. -- Heart
and this:
http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2014/05/08/heartjnl-2014-305780.extract
Make of it as you will.