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Ramadan daily intermittent fasting reduces objectively assessed habitual physical activity among adults
BACKGROUND: Muslims around the world practice intermittent fasting during the month of Ramadan each year. We hypothesized that daily physical activity could be reduced among Muslims due to the inability to refuel and rehydrate in the fasting state. METHODS: A cohort study design among adults registe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8530011/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34674685 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11961-9 |
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author | Farooq, Abdualziz Chamari, Karim Sayegh, Suzan El Akoum, Maha Al-Mohannadi, Abdulla Saeed |
author_facet | Farooq, Abdualziz Chamari, Karim Sayegh, Suzan El Akoum, Maha Al-Mohannadi, Abdulla Saeed |
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description | BACKGROUND: Muslims around the world practice intermittent fasting during the month of Ramadan each year. We hypothesized that daily physical activity could be reduced among Muslims due to the inability to refuel and rehydrate in the fasting state. METHODS: A cohort study design among adults registered with national physical activity community program. Data from a pedometer-based community program was used to extract 3 months of daily step counts before, during, and after Ramadan for the past years (2013–2019). A survey was conducted among participants to determine fasting practice and other health and environmental factors. RESULTS: A total of 209 participants completed the survey and provided valid data on physical activity. During Ramadan, the average steps per day decreased significantly (− 385 ± SE 158) among participants who fasted (n = 151) p = 0.046 and increased (+ 731 ± SE 247) for the non- fasting participants (n = 58) p = 0.010. Fasting participants preferred before sunset (33.8%) or evening (39.7%) for physical activity. Whereas, non-fasting participants preferred early morning (34.5%). CONCLUSION: Fasting during Ramadan impacts the daily physical activity behavior among Muslims. Interventions should focus on creating awareness of the importance of maintenance of adequate physical activity for adults fasting during Ramadan. |
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spelling | pubmed-85300112021-10-22 Ramadan daily intermittent fasting reduces objectively assessed habitual physical activity among adults Farooq, Abdualziz Chamari, Karim Sayegh, Suzan El Akoum, Maha Al-Mohannadi, Abdulla Saeed BMC Public Health Research BACKGROUND: Muslims around the world practice intermittent fasting during the month of Ramadan each year. We hypothesized that daily physical activity could be reduced among Muslims due to the inability to refuel and rehydrate in the fasting state. METHODS: A cohort study design among adults registered with national physical activity community program. Data from a pedometer-based community program was used to extract 3 months of daily step counts before, during, and after Ramadan for the past years (2013–2019). A survey was conducted among participants to determine fasting practice and other health and environmental factors. RESULTS: A total of 209 participants completed the survey and provided valid data on physical activity. During Ramadan, the average steps per day decreased significantly (− 385 ± SE 158) among participants who fasted (n = 151) p = 0.046 and increased (+ 731 ± SE 247) for the non- fasting participants (n = 58) p = 0.010. Fasting participants preferred before sunset (33.8%) or evening (39.7%) for physical activity. Whereas, non-fasting participants preferred early morning (34.5%). CONCLUSION: Fasting during Ramadan impacts the daily physical activity behavior among Muslims. Interventions should focus on creating awareness of the importance of maintenance of adequate physical activity for adults fasting during Ramadan. BioMed Central 2021-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8530011/ /pubmed/34674685 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11961-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Farooq, Abdualziz Chamari, Karim Sayegh, Suzan El Akoum, Maha Al-Mohannadi, Abdulla Saeed Ramadan daily intermittent fasting reduces objectively assessed habitual physical activity among adults |
title | Ramadan daily intermittent fasting reduces objectively assessed habitual physical activity among adults |
title_full | Ramadan daily intermittent fasting reduces objectively assessed habitual physical activity among adults |
title_fullStr | Ramadan daily intermittent fasting reduces objectively assessed habitual physical activity among adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Ramadan daily intermittent fasting reduces objectively assessed habitual physical activity among adults |
title_short | Ramadan daily intermittent fasting reduces objectively assessed habitual physical activity among adults |
title_sort | ramadan daily intermittent fasting reduces objectively assessed habitual physical activity among adults |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8530011/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34674685 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11961-9 |
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