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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 9.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2019 Mar 17;140(11):e563–e595. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000677
Recommendations for Exercise and Physical Activity
Referenced studies that support recommendations are summarized in Online Data Supplements 6 and 7.
COR LOE Recommendations
I B-R 1. Adults should be routinely counseled in healthcare visits to optimize a physically active lifestyle (S3.2–1, S3.2–2).
I B-NR 2. Adults should engage in at least 150 minutes per week of accumulated moderate-intensity or 75 minutes per week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity (or an equivalent combination of moderate and vigorous activity) to reduce ASCVD risk (S3.2–3S3.2–8).
IIa B-NR 3. For adults unable to meet the minimum physical activity recommendations (at least 150 minutes per week of accumulated moderate-intensity or 75 minutes per week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity), engaging in some moderate- or vigorous-intensity physical activity, even if less than this recommended amount, can be beneficial to reduce ASCVD risk (S3.2–5, S3.2–6).
IIb C-LD 4. Decreasing sedentary behavior in adults may be reasonable to reduce ASCVD risk (S3.2–3, S3.2–9S3.2–11).