Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2025; 122(8): e20250464

The ELSA-BRASIL Study and Physical Activity in Protecting Against the Development of Type 2 Diabetes

Rodrigo Delevatti, Larissa dos Santos Leonel, Leandro Franzoni

DOI: 10.36660/abc.20250464i

This Short Editorial is referred by the Research article "Dose-Response Association between Leisure-Time Physical Activity Intensity Trajectories and Diabetes among Men and Women in ELSA-Brasil".

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a highly prevalent disease, considered a major public health problem, which implies personal costs, as well as representing a significant financial burden on health services.^, In its preventive and therapeutic approach, the protective role of physical education has been established, but the optimization of its benefits, especially analyzing the relationship between characteristics inherent to the practice of physical activity and the development of DMT2, is still open.

In this scenario, the article “Dose-Response Association between Leisure-Time Physical Activity Intensity Trajectories and Diabetes among Men and Women in ELSA-Brasil” collaborates significantly, following a significant sample of individuals from different locations in Brazil, testing the association between different doses of leisure-time physical activity and pre-diabetes and T2DM in adults and older adults. The exposure is based on the different activity profiles, considered here as doses (the product of frequency, duration, and intensity), classified as low, moderate, and high, terms that refer to the intensity of the effort.

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