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I read an article where a 26-year-old man died of a heart attack due to lack of physical activity following a 7-day gaming binge. can lack of physical activity really cause a heart attack?
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Not everything you read is true. There might have been other reasons involved. While anything is possible in life, lack of physical activity alone does not cause heart attacks.
Answered 8/24/2022
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The causality has to be proven, so far is just an association. Lack of physical activity may create the premises for a variety of conditions that result in atherosclerosis and heart attacks that happens over years to decades. In this case it is mostly about an acute stress.
Answered 8/25/2022
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