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. 2009 Sep 21;587(Pt 23):5559–5568. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.179515

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Hypothesis: Physical inactivity leads to accumulation of visceral fat and consequently to the activation of a network of inflammatory pathways, which promotes development of insulin resistance, atherosclerosis, neurodegeneration, and tumour growth, leading to the development of ‘the diseasome of physical inactivity’