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Cardiovascular fitness and depression

Professor Georg Kuhn talks to Dr Steven Moylan about his recently published study (Åberg et al, 2012) into cardiovascular fitness and its link with the development of depression.

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Date published: 7 September 2012

Presenter: Dr Steven Moylan

Interviewee: Professor Georg Kuhn

Audio running time: 15 minutes

Credits: 0.5

 

Learning outcomes

 

By the end of this podcast, we hope you will have gained an understanding of:

 

  • the association between cardiovascular fitness and risk of depression later in life

 

  • the change in this association over time

 

  • the mechanisms that may underpin this association

 

  • the difference between cardiovascular fitness and muscle strength in relation to risk of depression.

 

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