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Occup Environ Med 2006;63:1
  • Work in brief

Work in brief

  1. Dana Loomis, Deputy Editor

      LEISURE TIME EXERCISE AND IMPROVED MENTAL HEALTH AMONG SEDENTARY WORKERS

      The benefits of vigorous exercise in improving physical health and preventing disease are firmly established, but less is known about the extent to which leisure time exercise might also prevent mental health problems. In this issue, Bernaards et al1 report that among a cohort of working Dutch adults, those with sedentary jobs who engaged in vigorous leisure exercise 1–2 times per week were less likely to develop symptoms of depression or emotional exhaustion, complain of poor general health, …

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