Also, just adding some sugar to this, don't forget that this study was in Norway. Overall health levels would be higher than in, say, USA. I'm talking about weight specifically.
Assuming healthy / not overweight would be a very big assumption to make for the US (as a Norwegian I went to the the USA, once, in 1999, and what I saw there shocked me), where another study could be to monitor mortality outcome of getting weight under control and exercising vs not.
I'd also love to see impact of weight resistance training added to the mix surveyed.
And not just Norway, but specifically Trondheim. Correct me if I am wrong, but I expect their lifestyle to be even less sedentary than the average Oslo resident. I expect the results to have slim pickings (pun intended)!
Roger that. But even by e.g. Australian standards (which are a lot closer to the US ones), Oslo is far from sedentary; I didn't even think about buying a car in Norway before I left it, being happy to walk/run, ride or PT it everywhere. Bad diet, alcohol use etc is a lot more common than in Norway too.
Assuming healthy / not overweight would be a very big assumption to make for the US (as a Norwegian I went to the the USA, once, in 1999, and what I saw there shocked me), where another study could be to monitor mortality outcome of getting weight under control and exercising vs not.
I'd also love to see impact of weight resistance training added to the mix surveyed.