ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH BEHAVIORS WITH WEIGHT AND OBESITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG THE UK OLDER POPULATION

Using a sample of 4,182 UK adults aged 50 and above, this study explored the association of changes in health behaviours with weight and obesity during UK lockdown in Jun/Jul and Nov/Dec 2020. Over 30% adults reported more sitting, more TV watching or less exercise. Around 20% adults were engaged in...

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Autores principales: Zhu, Jingmin, Gessa, Giorgio Di, Zaninotto, Paola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9770219/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.763
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description Using a sample of 4,182 UK adults aged 50 and above, this study explored the association of changes in health behaviours with weight and obesity during UK lockdown in Jun/Jul and Nov/Dec 2020. Over 30% adults reported more sitting, more TV watching or less exercise. Around 20% adults were engaged in eating more or sleeping less. More alcohol drinking happened in 12.3% adults. Results suggested that more sedentariness, more TV watching, less exercise, more eating and more alcohol drinking were associated with a significant increase in weight. Meanwhile, less sedentariness or less eating significantly reduced weight in Nov/Dec 2020. A higher risk of obesity was found in adults sitting, eating, or sleeping more than usual. Considering potential health risks associated with obesity in older population, weight management is necessary nationwide.
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spelling pubmed-97702192022-12-22 ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH BEHAVIORS WITH WEIGHT AND OBESITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG THE UK OLDER POPULATION Zhu, Jingmin Gessa, Giorgio Di Zaninotto, Paola Innov Aging Abstracts Using a sample of 4,182 UK adults aged 50 and above, this study explored the association of changes in health behaviours with weight and obesity during UK lockdown in Jun/Jul and Nov/Dec 2020. Over 30% adults reported more sitting, more TV watching or less exercise. Around 20% adults were engaged in eating more or sleeping less. More alcohol drinking happened in 12.3% adults. Results suggested that more sedentariness, more TV watching, less exercise, more eating and more alcohol drinking were associated with a significant increase in weight. Meanwhile, less sedentariness or less eating significantly reduced weight in Nov/Dec 2020. A higher risk of obesity was found in adults sitting, eating, or sleeping more than usual. Considering potential health risks associated with obesity in older population, weight management is necessary nationwide. Oxford University Press 2022-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9770219/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.763 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH BEHAVIORS WITH WEIGHT AND OBESITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG THE UK OLDER POPULATION
title ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH BEHAVIORS WITH WEIGHT AND OBESITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG THE UK OLDER POPULATION
title_full ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH BEHAVIORS WITH WEIGHT AND OBESITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG THE UK OLDER POPULATION
title_fullStr ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH BEHAVIORS WITH WEIGHT AND OBESITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG THE UK OLDER POPULATION
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title_short ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH BEHAVIORS WITH WEIGHT AND OBESITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG THE UK OLDER POPULATION
title_sort association of health behaviors with weight and obesity during the covid-19 pandemic among the uk older population
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.763
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