New meta-analysis: Recreational football is broad-spectrum medicine

(University of Southern Denmark Faculty of Health Sciences) The most popular sport in the world is much more than entertainment: football is broad-spectrum medicine against lifestyle diseases. A new meta-analysis of 31 scientific studies provides strong evidence that short-term football training improves aerobic fitness, blood pressure, resting heart rate, fat percentage, LDL cholesterol and muscle strength for several patient groups.
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