Physical activity guidelines from the World Health Organization and many countries have been developed with extensive evidence supporting the wide range of health benefits associated with fitness, activity, sports, or exercise. In this special issue we aim to unite related manuscripts, including systematic and State of the Art reviews, meta-analyses, short reports, or orignal investigations on the role of physical activity played on health, aging, cognition, cardiometabolic and non-communicable diseases, including but not limited to cardiovascular diseases, cancer, obesity, diabetes/metabolic syndrome and  dementia. We welcome articles providing new insights into:

1. The impact of fitness on health.
2. The impact of resistance activity or aerobic activity on health.
3. New tools for clinical assessment of cardiorespiratory or muscular fitness.
4. Incorporation ofphysical activity into patients’ electronic health records.
5. Device-measured physical activity and health outcomes.
6. Exercise experimental studies, especially randomized clinical trials, in population with dementia or other chronic conditions.
7. Physical activity and aging.

Guest Editors

Dr. Xuemei Sui<msui@mailbox.sc.edu>

Affiliation: Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xuemei-Sui

Interests: physical activity epidemiology; impact of cardiorespiratory fitness on health outcomes; cardiometabolic disease

Dr. Carl J Lavie <clavie@ochsner.org>

Affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School, University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carl-Lavie

Interests: Cardiac rehabilitation and preventive cardiology; impact of physical activity and fitness on obesity and obesity paradox; COVID-19

Thank you in advance for considering publishing your paper in our Special Issue of Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise (SSEJ).

The SSEJ is a peer-reviewed, hybrid international journal dedicated to advancing fundamental and applied research in sport science. Our mission is to bridge laboratory discoveries, technological innovation, and field-tested applications in physical performance enhancement, health promotion, and disease management from the perspective of sport and exercise. The SSEJ was established in 2019 and is now indexed by Scopus, CSCD, and ESCI. It is actively enhancing its academic influence with a CiteScore of 2.8 and a JCR Impact Factor of 1.3 for Year 2024.

Website：https://www.springer.com/journal/42978

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