Older adults' time in sedentary, light and moderate intensity activities and correlates: Application of Australian Time Use Survey

P.T. Espinel; J.Y. Chau; H.P. van der Ploeg; D. Merom

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2014.02.012

Older adults' time in sedentary, light and moderate intensity activities and correlates: Application of Australian Time Use Survey

P.T. Espinel, J.Y. Chau, H.P. van der Ploeg, D. Merom

Public and occupational health (VUmc)

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Understanding how older adults spend their time between active and sedentary activities is an important aspect of healthy ageing. This study examined the time spent in all-domains of sedentary, light and moderate intensity physical activities in old age and identified high-risk groups.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	161-166
Journal	Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2014.02.012
Publication status	Published - 2015

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