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Older Australians and physical activity levels
— do we know how many are meeting guidelines? | | Author(s) | Robert L Hill, Wendy J Brown |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 31, no 4, December 2012 |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell, December 2012 |
| Pages | pp 208-217 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Keeping fit ; Sport ; Exercise ; Preventative medicine ; Literature reviews ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Current recommendations suggest that older Australians aged 65 years or above should, for health benefits, accumulate 30 minutes of at least moderately intensive physical activity on most days each week. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion who meet this recommendation. For the purposes of the study a systematic review of scholarly journals published between 2000 and 2010 was carried out. Of 357 potentially relevant papers, 22 met the study criteria. Estimates from the 15 studies with samples of 500 or more suggest that between 25% and 55% of older Australians were meeting guidelines, but in these studies definitions, measures and age ranges of participants varied widely. Because of the heterogeneity of samples, measures and definitions, it is not possible to estimate with confidence the proportion of older adults in Australia who meet current physical activity recommendations. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130111200 A |
| Classmark | CC: CE: HT: CEA: LK2: 64A: 7YA |
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