Energy expenditure through physical activity in a population of community-dwelling Brazilian elderly: cross-sectional evidences from the Bambuí cohort study of aging
The aim of this study was to estimate physical activity energy expenditure among older adults. The study comprised 1,585 residents in Bambuí, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, aged > 60 years (91% of the town's total elderly), and examined the frequency and duration of 23 types of physical activit...
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| author | Juciany Rodrigues de Oliveira Ramalho Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa Josélia O. A. Firmo Sérgio Viana Peixoto |
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| description | The aim of this study was to estimate physical activity energy expenditure among older adults. The study comprised 1,585 residents in Bambuí, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, aged > 60 years (91% of the town's total elderly), and examined the frequency and duration of 23 types of physical activity among them. Median energy expenditure was 975 MET.min/week (1,195.8 among men and 803.1 among women), declining significantly with age in both sexes. The prevalence of sedentary lifestyles (< 450 MET.min/week) was 31.2%. Unhurried walking accounted for about 1/3 of total energy expenditure. Multivariate analysis based on ordinal logistic regression showed inverse associations between energy expenditure and age and hospitalizations in both sexes. Among men, inverse associations were observed with smoking, number of chronic diseases and number of medical appointments. These results emphasize the need for effective strategies to increase physical activity in older elderly, and underscore the high prevalence of walking in this group. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc7e650aaa584aaa818587bcc689499a2022-12-21T18:00:06ZengEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo CruzCadernos de Saúde Pública1678-44642011-01-0127suppl 3s399s408S0102-311X2011001500010Energy expenditure through physical activity in a population of community-dwelling Brazilian elderly: cross-sectional evidences from the Bambuí cohort study of agingJuciany Rodrigues de Oliveira Ramalho0Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa1Josélia O. A. Firmo2Sérgio Viana Peixoto3Fundação Oswaldo CruzFundação Oswaldo CruzFundação Oswaldo CruzFundação Oswaldo CruzThe aim of this study was to estimate physical activity energy expenditure among older adults. The study comprised 1,585 residents in Bambuí, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, aged > 60 years (91% of the town's total elderly), and examined the frequency and duration of 23 types of physical activity among them. Median energy expenditure was 975 MET.min/week (1,195.8 among men and 803.1 among women), declining significantly with age in both sexes. The prevalence of sedentary lifestyles (< 450 MET.min/week) was 31.2%. Unhurried walking accounted for about 1/3 of total energy expenditure. Multivariate analysis based on ordinal logistic regression showed inverse associations between energy expenditure and age and hospitalizations in both sexes. Among men, inverse associations were observed with smoking, number of chronic diseases and number of medical appointments. These results emphasize the need for effective strategies to increase physical activity in older elderly, and underscore the high prevalence of walking in this group.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2011001500010&lng=en&tlng=enAtividade MotoraMetabolismo EnergéticoIdosoEstudos de Coortes |
| spellingShingle | Juciany Rodrigues de Oliveira Ramalho Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa Josélia O. A. Firmo Sérgio Viana Peixoto Energy expenditure through physical activity in a population of community-dwelling Brazilian elderly: cross-sectional evidences from the Bambuí cohort study of aging Cadernos de Saúde Pública Atividade Motora Metabolismo Energético Idoso Estudos de Coortes |
| title | Energy expenditure through physical activity in a population of community-dwelling Brazilian elderly: cross-sectional evidences from the Bambuí cohort study of aging |
| title_full | Energy expenditure through physical activity in a population of community-dwelling Brazilian elderly: cross-sectional evidences from the Bambuí cohort study of aging |
| title_fullStr | Energy expenditure through physical activity in a population of community-dwelling Brazilian elderly: cross-sectional evidences from the Bambuí cohort study of aging |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy expenditure through physical activity in a population of community-dwelling Brazilian elderly: cross-sectional evidences from the Bambuí cohort study of aging |
| title_short | Energy expenditure through physical activity in a population of community-dwelling Brazilian elderly: cross-sectional evidences from the Bambuí cohort study of aging |
| title_sort | energy expenditure through physical activity in a population of community dwelling brazilian elderly cross sectional evidences from the bambui cohort study of aging |
| topic | Atividade Motora Metabolismo Energético Idoso Estudos de Coortes |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2011001500010&lng=en&tlng=en |
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