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Different Types of Physical Activity and Fitness and Health in Adults: An 18-Year Longitudinal Study

Objective. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between different types of daily life physical activity (PA) and physical fitness (PF) and health throughout adulthood. Methods. A total of 723 men and women, aged 28–76 years, participated 1681 times during four measurement points from...

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Autores principales: Schmidt, Steffen C. E., Tittlbach, Susanne, Bös, Klaus, Woll, Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5390631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28466006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1785217
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author Schmidt, Steffen C. E.
Tittlbach, Susanne
Bös, Klaus
Woll, Alexander
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description Objective. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between different types of daily life physical activity (PA) and physical fitness (PF) and health throughout adulthood. Methods. A total of 723 men and women, aged 28–76 years, participated 1681 times during four measurement points from 1992 to 2010 in this study. We assessed self-reported PA, anthropometrics, physical health status (HS), and PF in each study year. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was used to analyze the measures. Results. PF and HS worsened with increasing age while sports activity (SA) declined. The modeling showed that sex, age, and SES play important roles concerning PA, PF, and HS. Athletes show higher HS and HF than nonathletes. Habitual activity (HA) also showed a positive relationship with PF and HS, but effects were lower than for SA. Work related activity (WRA) showed no meaningful relationship with PF or HS. Conclusions. Comparable amounts of PA can lead to different effects on PF or HS. Our findings underline the importance of contexts, content, and purposes of PA when health or fitness benefits are addressed. Simply moving your body is not enough.
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spelling pubmed-53906312017-05-02 Different Types of Physical Activity and Fitness and Health in Adults: An 18-Year Longitudinal Study Schmidt, Steffen C. E. Tittlbach, Susanne Bös, Klaus Woll, Alexander Biomed Res Int Research Article Objective. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between different types of daily life physical activity (PA) and physical fitness (PF) and health throughout adulthood. Methods. A total of 723 men and women, aged 28–76 years, participated 1681 times during four measurement points from 1992 to 2010 in this study. We assessed self-reported PA, anthropometrics, physical health status (HS), and PF in each study year. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was used to analyze the measures. Results. PF and HS worsened with increasing age while sports activity (SA) declined. The modeling showed that sex, age, and SES play important roles concerning PA, PF, and HS. Athletes show higher HS and HF than nonathletes. Habitual activity (HA) also showed a positive relationship with PF and HS, but effects were lower than for SA. Work related activity (WRA) showed no meaningful relationship with PF or HS. Conclusions. Comparable amounts of PA can lead to different effects on PF or HS. Our findings underline the importance of contexts, content, and purposes of PA when health or fitness benefits are addressed. Simply moving your body is not enough. Hindawi 2017 2017-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5390631/ /pubmed/28466006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1785217 Text en Copyright © 2017 Steffen C. E. Schmidt et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5390631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28466006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1785217
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