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Are Older Adults without a Healthy Diet Less Physically Active and More Sedentary?

Few studies on older populations consider several energy balance-related behaviors together. This cross-sectional study compared subjectively and objectively measured physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) patterns between older adults with and without a healthy diet. We recruited 127 co...

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Autores principales: Hsueh, Ming-Chun, Rutherford, Ru, Huang, Yi-Hsuan, Chang Chien, Hung-Yu, Chang, Chia-Hui, Park, Jong-Hwan, Liao, Yung
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6566680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31137459
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11051119
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author Hsueh, Ming-Chun
Rutherford, Ru
Huang, Yi-Hsuan
Chang Chien, Hung-Yu
Chang, Chia-Hui
Park, Jong-Hwan
Liao, Yung
author_facet Hsueh, Ming-Chun
Rutherford, Ru
Huang, Yi-Hsuan
Chang Chien, Hung-Yu
Chang, Chia-Hui
Park, Jong-Hwan
Liao, Yung
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description Few studies on older populations consider several energy balance-related behaviors together. This cross-sectional study compared subjectively and objectively measured physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) patterns between older adults with and without a healthy diet. We recruited 127 community-dwelling older Taiwanese adults (69.9 ± 5.0 years); data were collected during April and September 2018. Objectively measured total PA, moderate-to-vigorous PA, light PA, step count, total sedentary time, duration of sedentary bouts, number of sedentary bouts, and number of sedentary breaks were assessed using activity monitors. Subjectively measured PA and SB were measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire and Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire for Older Adults. Chi-square tests and independent sample t-tests were performed. For subjective measures, older adults without a healthy diet spent significantly less total leisure time on PA and more leisure sitting time than those with a healthy diet. For objective measures, older adults without a healthy diet spent less time on light PA and had a higher total sedentary time, duration of sedentary bouts, times of sedentary bouts, and times of sedentary breaks than those with a healthy diet. Regardless of the use of objective or subjective measurements, older adults without a healthy diet engaged in a more inactive and sedentary lifestyle. These findings have implications for health promotion practitioners in designing tailored interventions.
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spelling pubmed-65666802019-06-17 Are Older Adults without a Healthy Diet Less Physically Active and More Sedentary? Hsueh, Ming-Chun Rutherford, Ru Huang, Yi-Hsuan Chang Chien, Hung-Yu Chang, Chia-Hui Park, Jong-Hwan Liao, Yung Nutrients Article Few studies on older populations consider several energy balance-related behaviors together. This cross-sectional study compared subjectively and objectively measured physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) patterns between older adults with and without a healthy diet. We recruited 127 community-dwelling older Taiwanese adults (69.9 ± 5.0 years); data were collected during April and September 2018. Objectively measured total PA, moderate-to-vigorous PA, light PA, step count, total sedentary time, duration of sedentary bouts, number of sedentary bouts, and number of sedentary breaks were assessed using activity monitors. Subjectively measured PA and SB were measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire and Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire for Older Adults. Chi-square tests and independent sample t-tests were performed. For subjective measures, older adults without a healthy diet spent significantly less total leisure time on PA and more leisure sitting time than those with a healthy diet. For objective measures, older adults without a healthy diet spent less time on light PA and had a higher total sedentary time, duration of sedentary bouts, times of sedentary bouts, and times of sedentary breaks than those with a healthy diet. Regardless of the use of objective or subjective measurements, older adults without a healthy diet engaged in a more inactive and sedentary lifestyle. These findings have implications for health promotion practitioners in designing tailored interventions. MDPI 2019-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6566680/ /pubmed/31137459 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11051119 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Chang Chien, Hung-Yu
Chang, Chia-Hui
Park, Jong-Hwan
Liao, Yung
Are Older Adults without a Healthy Diet Less Physically Active and More Sedentary?
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title_full Are Older Adults without a Healthy Diet Less Physically Active and More Sedentary?
title_fullStr Are Older Adults without a Healthy Diet Less Physically Active and More Sedentary?
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title_short Are Older Adults without a Healthy Diet Less Physically Active and More Sedentary?
title_sort are older adults without a healthy diet less physically active and more sedentary?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6566680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31137459
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11051119
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