TY - JOUR
T1 - Influencia de la edad sobre el cumplimiento de las recomendaciones de actividad física
T2 - Resultados de la encuesta nacional de salud en Chile 2009-2010
AU - ELHOC (Epidemiology of Lifestyle Health Outcomes in Chile)
AU - Garrido-Méndez, Alex
AU - Concha-Cisternas, Yeny
AU - Rocha, Fanny Petermann
AU - Díaz-Martínez, Ximena
AU - Leiva, Ana María
AU - Troncoso, Claudia
AU - Martinez, María Adela
AU - Salas-Bravo, Carlos
AU - Álvarez, Cristian
AU - Ramírez-Campillo, Rodrigo
AU - Cristi-Montero, Carlos
AU - Rodríguez, Fernando
AU - Iturra-González, José A.
AU - Celis-Morales, Carlos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Sociedad Chilena de Nutricion Bromatologia y Toxilogica. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Although physical activity (PA) is a protective factor against non-communicable diseases, there is an important proportion of the population who do not meet PA guidelines. Our aim was to investigate how adherence to PA guidelines varies across different age groups in the Chilean population. 5,133 participants from the 2009-2010 Chilean Health Survey were included in this study. PA was measured using the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ). Physical inactivity was defined as <600 MET/min/week of moderate to vigorous intensity PA. Logistic regression was used to investigate the association of PA with age. The main finding of this shows that women were more likely to be inactive than men (p<0.0001). Physical inactivity prevalence varied slightly between 20 and 59 years. However, among those individuals aged >60 years the prevalence increased markedly, reaching 63% and 56% for women and men aged >80 years, respectively. These findings confirm the necessity of promoting PA across the lifespan, but more importantly, these results suggest that more promotion and opportunities for engaging in PA should be created especially for older adults, who are more likely to be physically inactive.
AB - Although physical activity (PA) is a protective factor against non-communicable diseases, there is an important proportion of the population who do not meet PA guidelines. Our aim was to investigate how adherence to PA guidelines varies across different age groups in the Chilean population. 5,133 participants from the 2009-2010 Chilean Health Survey were included in this study. PA was measured using the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ). Physical inactivity was defined as <600 MET/min/week of moderate to vigorous intensity PA. Logistic regression was used to investigate the association of PA with age. The main finding of this shows that women were more likely to be inactive than men (p<0.0001). Physical inactivity prevalence varied slightly between 20 and 59 years. However, among those individuals aged >60 years the prevalence increased markedly, reaching 63% and 56% for women and men aged >80 years, respectively. These findings confirm the necessity of promoting PA across the lifespan, but more importantly, these results suggest that more promotion and opportunities for engaging in PA should be created especially for older adults, who are more likely to be physically inactive.
KW - Age
KW - Ageing
KW - Exercise
KW - Physical activity
KW - Risk factors
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064571018&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4067/s0717-75182019000200121
DO - 10.4067/s0717-75182019000200121
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064571018
SN - 0717-7518
VL - 46
SP - 121
EP - 128
JO - Revista Chilena de Nutricion
JF - Revista Chilena de Nutricion
IS - 2
ER -