• Both the total volume of sedentary time and its accrual in prolonged, uninterrupted bouts are associated with all-cause mortality, suggesting that physical activity guidelines should target reducing and interrupting sedentary time to reduce risk for death. (nih.gov)
  • To examine the association between objectively measured sedentary behavior (its total volume and accrual in prolonged, uninterrupted bouts) and all-cause mortality. (nih.gov)
  • Speaking with TCTMD, lead investigator John Bellettiere, MD, PhD (University of California, San Diego), said that because they used an objective measure of sedentary behavior with the accelerometer, they were able to assess patterns of sitting-"that being how people accumulate their sitting throughout the day, which has never been looked at with respect to cardiovascular disease. (tctmd.com)
  • For example, women in the highest quartile of prolonged sedentary behavior had more extended bouts of inactivity (mean sedentary bout duration 8.5 to 52.4 minutes) compared with women in the lowest quartile, who had more interrupted sitting patterns (mean sedentary bout duration 2.6 to 5.6 minutes). (tctmd.com)
  • Exercise is one of the key factors in preventing heart disease, but our study shows pretty good evidence that sedentary behavior might also be one of the factors that could reduce incident cardiovascular disease," said Bellettiere. (tctmd.com)
  • Keith Diaz, PhD (Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY), who was not involved in the study but who has studied the risks of sedentary behavior, said this new analysis drives home the important message that not only does the total amount of daily sedentary time matter when it comes to cardiovascular health but sitting without moving for an extended amount of time in a day is also critical. (tctmd.com)
  • Previous studies have assessed the association between inactivity and cardiovascular disease, but this study is the first to use an objective measure of sedentary behavior. (tctmd.com)
  • Diaz, who published an analysis in 2017 showing that prolonged, uninterrupted sedentary time was associated with impaired glycemic control in US Hispanic/Latino adults, said they frequently try to remind individuals that the risk of sedentary behavior is independent of physical activity. (tctmd.com)
  • The goal of this project is to develop and pilot test a research protocol to assess the influence of a health information behavior enhanced intervention on self-management, blood pressure control, and brain activity in African American women with hypertension. (nih.gov)
  • The results of this project will have direct impact in informing interventions to improve blood pressure control, by advancing our knowledge of brain activity associated with behavior change in African American women with hypertension in the metro-Detroit area, and ultimately everywhere. (nih.gov)
  • This study provides further strong evidence of a link between sedentary behavior, like sitting and laying down, which uses very little energy, and cardiovascular disease," said David Goff, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, NHLBI. (gdc4gpat.com)
  • The negative impact of inactivity is confirmed in one of the first studies linking sedentary behavior to increased cardiovascular risk in Latino adults. (cardiosmart.org)
  • The mean daily duration of sedentary behavior is 8.3 hours among the Korean population and 7.7 hours among the American adult population. (researchgate.net)
  • Increased sedentary time impairs the gravitostat, the body's weight homeostat, and weight gain, adiposity, and elevated chronic inflammation caused by sedentary behavior are risk factors for cancer. (researchgate.net)
  • Reallocating Time from Sedentary Behavior to Light and Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity: What Has a Stronger Association with Adiposity in Older Adult Women? (mdpi.com)
  • Increasingly the health impacts of physical inactivity are being distinguished from those of sedentary behavior. (humankinetics.com)
  • Public Health systems may benefit from developing policy and interventions that do more to limit sedentary behavior and encourage light intensity activity in its place. (humankinetics.com)
  • BACKGROUND: Middle-aged and older adults reportedly engage in high amounts of prolonged sedentary behavior (SB, ≤1.5 METs in seated/reclined posture). (wku.edu)
  • A study in Circulation examined the effect of sedentary behavior in a group of women averaging age 79. (heart.org)
  • Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: Independent or Interrelated Public Health Issues? (humankinetics.com)
  • Exploring the nature of the relationship between physical activity and sedentary behavior is extremely timely given the scientific and media attention being devoted to understanding its association with health-related outcomes. (humankinetics.com)
  • Topics explored over the course of the 2-day meeting focused on how to define and measure physical activity and sedentary behavior and how to promote higher levels of physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior associated with negative health outcomes in a variety of contexts (e.g., schools, workplaces, community) and across different populations (e.g., youth, individuals with disability, older adults). (humankinetics.com)
  • Examples included whether moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behavior are independent or interrelated, whether replacing sedentary time with light-intensity physical activity also provides health benefits, and how much physical activity is really needed to improve health. (humankinetics.com)
  • During the conference's first session, addressing old and new approaches to measuring physical activity and sedentary behavior, the benefits of monitor- and report-based estimates of physical activity were both compared to and contrasted with each other. (humankinetics.com)
  • Sedentary behavior based on screen time is associated with meta- bolic syndrome and its components among Mexicans, depending on hours of sleep. (cdc.gov)
  • This sequential, mixed-methods feasibility study used a randomised controlled trial design to assess methods for trialling a habit-based intervention to displace older adults' sedentary behaviour with light activity and explore impact on behavioural outcomes. (springer.com)
  • Participants self-reported sedentary behaviour (two indices), sedentary habit, physical activity (walking, moderate, vigorous activity) and activity habit, at pre-treatment baseline, 8- and 12-week follow-ups and were interviewed at 12 weeks. (springer.com)
  • Both groups appeared to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase their physical activity, but there were no apparent differences between groups in the extent of change. (springer.com)
  • The aim of this study was to examine physical activity and sedentary behaviour characteristics of ambulatory and community-dwelling patients with dementia compared to cognitively healthy age-, sex- and weight-matched controls. (karger.com)
  • Additionally, the effect of dog ownership on sedentary behaviour (SB) has not been explored. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Is urinary incontinence associated with sedentary behaviour in older women? (url.edu)
  • The association between type of UI and sedentary behaviour (SB) has not been explored. (url.edu)
  • Dive into the research topics of 'Is urinary incontinence associated with sedentary behaviour in older women? (url.edu)
  • Objective There is increasing interest in the association between sedentary behaviour and mental health, although most studies have relied solely on self-reported measures, thus making results prone to various biases. (bmj.com)
  • There is increasing interest in the association between sedentary behaviour and mental health. (bmj.com)
  • The researchers identified a hierarchy of behaviours that make up a typical 24-hour day, with time spent doing moderate-vigorous activity providing the most benefit to heart health, followed by light activity, standing and sleeping compared with the adverse impact of sedentary behaviour 3 . (eurekalert.org)
  • When replacing sedentary behaviour, as little as five minutes of moderate-vigorous activity had a noticeable effect on heart health. (eurekalert.org)
  • 7.7, 9.6, and 12.4 min/bout for sedentary bout duration) in models that included moderate to vigorous physical activity. (nih.gov)
  • Notably, even after adjusting for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, the association between sedentary time and cardiovascular disease remained statistically significant. (tctmd.com)
  • After taking into account factors like age and physical activity, higher levels of sedentary time were associated with higher blood pressure , cholesterol and blood sugar levels. (cardiosmart.org)
  • Conclusions: This study demonstrated high levels of sedentary time and low daily step counts in a Danish population of females with RTT. (lu.se)
  • Sedentary behaviors and inactivity are major risk factors for heart disease, and this research also shows that it is never too late, or too early, to move more and improve your heart health. (gdc4gpat.com)
  • 2010), while the behavioral factors include physical inactivity/sedentary living, poor diet, tobacco use and alcohol consumption. (acefitness.org)
  • Metabolic syndrome is the result of unhealthy dietary and sleeping patterns, sedentary behaviors, and physical inactivity. (cdc.gov)
  • Prolonged, uninterrupted sedentariness was expressed as mean sedentary bout length. (nih.gov)
  • In this substudy, known as the Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health (OPACH) study, the women wore accelerometers for 4 to 7 days to assess their average daily sedentary time and mean sedentary bout duration. (tctmd.com)
  • The aim was to compare associations between objectively assessed and self-reported sedentary time with mental health in adults. (bmj.com)
  • However, the health risks posed by sedentary behaviors are not well known. (researchgate.net)
  • Sedentary lifestyles are spreading worldwide because of a lack of available spaces for exercise, increased occupational sedentary behaviors such as office work, and the increased penetration of television and video devices. (researchgate.net)
  • Sedentary behaviors reduce lipoprotein lipase activity, muscle glucose, protein transporter activities, impair lipid metabolism, and diminish carbohydrate metabolism. (researchgate.net)
  • Therefore, reducing sedentary behaviors and increasing physical activity are both important to promote public health. (researchgate.net)
  • Safe and well-designed community environments support healthful behaviors that help prevent chronic conditions and unintentional injuries and enable older adults to be active and engaged in community life for as long as possible. (cdc.gov)
  • The study is among the first to link objectively measured sedentary time, and patterns of sitting, with future CVD health risks, say researchers. (tctmd.com)
  • As authors explain, this is the first study to objectively assess sedentary time in Latino adults, who already face increased cardiovascular risk compared to white adults. (cardiosmart.org)
  • Methods Women aged 60 and over from the 2005-2006 cycle of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) with objectively measured (accelerometer) and selfreported SB and UI data were selected. (url.edu)
  • Sedentary and physical activity (exposure) was objectively measured using accelerometers (Actigraph GT1M) worn around the waist during waking hours for seven consecutive days. (bmj.com)
  • To the best of our knowledge, only one population study has previously examined associations between objectively assessed sedentary time and depressive symptoms, which demonstrated null associations. (bmj.com)
  • We'll start with a typical 45-year-old obese woman named Sandy-- 5'5" tall, weighing 194 lbs. (blogspot.com)
  • A typical moderately obese woman (BMI 32.3) requires 453 more kcals per day than a lean woman (BMI 22.6) of similar height. (blogspot.com)
  • Initial Muscle Quality Affects Individual Responsiveness of Interleukin-6 and Creatine Kinase following Acute Eccentric Exercise in Sedentary Obese Older Women. (bvsalud.org)
  • This study aimed to evaluate the time course and responsiveness of plasma interleukin-6 ( IL-6 ) and creatine kinase (CK) levels following acute eccentric resistance exercise in sedentary obese older women with a different muscle quality index (MQI). (bvsalud.org)
  • 0.05) in leg angle between the active and sedentary groups, the obese and nonobese or between males and females. (bvsalud.org)
  • Encouraging less sedentary time and shorter sedentary bouts in older women could have large public health benefits," Bellettiere said. (gdc4gpat.com)
  • Does SuperPark Make Children Less Sedentary? (mdpi.com)
  • Higher amounts of sedentary time and longer sedentary bouts were directly associated with cardiovascular disease," said John Bellettiere, Ph.D., research fellow of cardiovascular disease epidemiology at the University of California, San Diego, and lead author of the study. (gdc4gpat.com)
  • Excessive sedentary time is ubiquitous in Western societies. (nih.gov)
  • Previous studies have relied on self-reporting to evaluate the total volume of sedentary time as a prognostic risk factor for mortality and have not examined whether the manner in which sedentary time is accrued (in short or long bouts) carries prognostic relevance. (nih.gov)
  • Sedentary time was measured using a hip-mounted accelerometer. (nih.gov)
  • Evaluation of their joint association showed that participants classified as high for both sedentary characteristics (high sedentary time [≥12.5 h/d] and high bout duration [≥10 min/bout]) had the greatest risk for death. (nih.gov)
  • Older women who are sedentary for long periods of time throughout the day are at a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular events compared with women who sit less, according to the results of a new accelerometer-based study. (tctmd.com)
  • Compared with women in the lowest quartile, who Bellettiere described as "women who are always up and down throughout the course of the day," those with the most prolonged bouts of sedentary time had a 54% increased risk of cardiovascular disease. (tctmd.com)
  • If this is subsequently proven to be a cause-and-effect relationship, this means that for an older adult, something as simple as reducing the amount of time sitting-and it doesn't mean you need to exercise, although shifting sitting time to exercise time would be the ultimate benefit-could potentially reduce their risk. (tctmd.com)
  • Of all age groups, older adults spend most of the time sitting and are least physically active. (springer.com)
  • Participants wore a wrist accelerometer for 7 days to assess sedentary time, sedentary bout duration and time spent in very light, light-to-moderate and moderate-to-vigorous physical activities. (karger.com)
  • However, there were no significant differences between the groups for either the total time spent sitting, or the number or duration of prolonged sedentary events. (biomedcentral.com)
  • But reducing their sedentary time by just an hour a day appears to lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases by 12 percent-and for heart disease alone, by a dramatic 26 percent, the research found. (gdc4gpat.com)
  • In this five-year prospective study, researchers looked at more than 5,000 women ages 63 to 97 and measured both the total time they sat or laid down each day and the duration of discrete sedentary periods. (gdc4gpat.com)
  • Past studies tended to use self-reported information when assessing sedentary time, which is less reliable than objective measures like accelerometers. (cardiosmart.org)
  • However, recent findings confirm that sedentary time is a major concern for Latino adults. (cardiosmart.org)
  • Not only is sedentary time common among Latinos, it is linked to risk factors for heart disease like high blood pressure and cholesterol. (cardiosmart.org)
  • Research suggests that sedentary time can have a negative impact on health, even in adults who get regular physical activity. (cardiosmart.org)
  • As a result, authors emphasize the importance of reducing sedentary time to improve cardiovascular health. (cardiosmart.org)
  • This study aimed to: (1) describe the patterns of sedentary time and daily steps and (2) identify the association of individual and environmental characteristics with sedentary time. (lu.se)
  • Sedentary time and step counts were plotted by time to examine daily activity patterns. (lu.se)
  • Associations between sedentary time and individual and environmental covariates were assessed with linear regression. (lu.se)
  • Objective To examine the dose-response associations between accelerometer assessed total physical activity, different intensities of physical activity, and sedentary time and all cause mortality. (bmj.com)
  • Eligibility criteria Prospective cohort studies assessing physical activity and sedentary time by accelerometry and associations with all cause mortality and reported effect estimates as hazard ratios, odds ratios, or relative risks with 95% confidence intervals. (bmj.com)
  • Results The highest tertile of objective sedentary time was associated with higher risk of psychological distress (multivariate adjusted OR=1.74, 95% CI 1.07 to 2.83), as was the highest tertile of self-reported total sitting time (OR=1.34, 95% CI 1.15 to 1.56). (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions Sedentary time is associated with adverse mental health. (bmj.com)
  • 5 , 9 For example, in a sample of older adults from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, TV time but not computer use was associated with higher depressive symptoms. (bmj.com)
  • The majority of studies until now in this area have relied on self-reported measures of sedentary behaviours or total sitting time, thus making it difficult to tease apart associations between sedentary and mental health outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • Your RFC is the physical level of work (for instance, medium, light, or sedentary) that you can do on a full-time basis, despite your medical condition. (disabilitysecrets.com)
  • Although Fatima Al Naffer, 27, was aware of many of Fitzgerald's tenets - such as believe in and make time for yourself - as a busy wife, mother of a 20-month-old and government employee, she got some much-needed reminders at a recent workshop Zabeel Saray hotel on The Palm Jumeirah. (thenationalnews.com)
  • It found reducing sedentary time by an hour a day equated to a 26% lower risk of heart disease and a 12% lower risk of cardiovascular disease overall. (heart.org)
  • In comparison with the children in school, the OOA and the OOM children had 44% lower sedentary time out of school compared with only 15% lower for RSK and USK children. (nih.gov)
  • Adults with sedentary activities and screen-based sedentary time (SBST) increase their risk of developing metabolic syndrome in the long term. (cdc.gov)
  • At the same time, a sedentary lifestyle is associated with an increased risk of disease. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • Sedentary leisure time means that you are involved in sedentary activities during leisure time, i.e. walk, cycle or engage in other physical activity for less than two hours a week. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • The proportion with a sedentary leisure time has also been relatively unchanged at approximately 13-15 percent during the same period. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • However, sedentary leisure time is more common among the older people compared to young people and is twice as common among people with only primary and lower secondary education compared to people with post-secondary education. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • Conclusion UUI was significantly associated with increased average duration of SB bouts in communitydwelling older women. (url.edu)
  • The scale of the influence of dog ownership on PA found in this study, indicates that future research regarding PA in older adults should assess and report dog ownership and/or dog walking status. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Since females have a greater prevalence of obesity compared with males, the question arises whether females have lower metabolic rate than males after adjusting for differences in body weight and composition. (jci.org)
  • A 2011 study published in The Journals of Gerontology investigated the effects of adding a protein supplement versus a carbohydrate on weight loss in a group of women with overweight or obesity following a reduced-calorie diet. (livestrong.com)
  • Methods: A total of 330 (321 males and 9 females) firefighters were chosen for this study among the Southern California firefighters who participated in a work and obesity project. (cdc.gov)
  • assart-day life habits have led to a more sedentary lifestyle, contributing to increased obesity. (bvsalud.org)
  • Contrary to the old dictum that central obesity is more common among men than women, recent reports have shown a gradual reversal of this trend, as suggested by some studies. (bvsalud.org)
  • Objective: To compare the prevalence of central obesity among men and women with Diabetes mellitus in NorthCentral Nigeria. (bvsalud.org)
  • Participants 11 658 (self-report analysis) and 1947 (objective data) men and women. (bmj.com)
  • We examined the associations between accelerometry-measured physical activity (PA) and incidence of 13 cancers among a cohort of postmenopausal women. (nature.com)
  • On average 83.3% (standard deviation 13.9%) of waking hours were spent in sedentary behaviours (n = 48) and the median (interquartile range) daily step count was 5128 (2829-7704) (n = 28). (lu.se)
  • However, data from other studies suggest that not all types of sedentary behaviours are related to adverse mental health. (bmj.com)
  • Those who are least active were also found to gain the greatest benefit from changing from sedentary behaviours to more active ones. (eurekalert.org)
  • A meta-analysis of 29 studies conducted over 20 years examining the activities of Dog Owners (DO) and Non-Dog Owners (NDO) for a wide range of participants, including older adults, concluded that DOs walked more and were more physically active than NDOs [ 9 ], mostly from self-report PA measures. (biomedcentral.com)
  • METHODS: The proposed randomized controlled cross-over trial will recruit 20 participants (male and female ≥45) with ≥2 CVD risk factors. (wku.edu)
  • This work will identify characteristics of African American women that are associated with improved self-management and decreased blood pressure, and subsequent reduction of risk of heart disease and premature death. (nih.gov)
  • Compared with women in the first quartile-those who were sedentary for roughly less than 9 hours per day-those in the fourth quartile, who were sedentary for 11 or more hours per day, had a 62% increased risk of cardiovascular disease. (tctmd.com)
  • A new study has found that the longer older women sit or lay down during the course of a day-and the longer the individual periods of uninterrupted sitting-the greater their risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke. (gdc4gpat.com)
  • Weight gain and diet, particularly high sodium intake and processed foods, increase hypertension risk among women. (universeofsuccess.com)
  • Older women can significantly lower their risk of developing hypertension by taking the necessary preventive steps, such as exercising regularly and eating healthily. (universeofsuccess.com)
  • The researchers recruited 26 sedentary, low-to-moderate risk men and women to participate in this study. (acefitness.org)
  • Another study, in JAMA Network Open , suggested women who engaged in light physical activity - such as gardening or walking - had a 42% lower risk of heart attack or coronary death than the least-active women. (heart.org)
  • That study of people 50 and older with high blood pressure found lowering systolic pressure - the top number in a reading - to a target of less than 120 millimeters of mercury lowered the risk of mild cognitive impairment compared with lowering blood pressure to less than 140. (heart.org)
  • One way the military is addressing this issue is through the Aging Warrior study, which intends to look at cardiovascular risks in men 40 and older and women 52-55 with one risk factor for cardiac disease, such as hypertension, Oladipo explained. (health.mil)
  • They were the oldest cluster, housed the largest proportion of females and reported moderate Indices of Multiple Deprivation. (humankinetics.com)
  • However, busy lifestyles and an environment that encourages being sedentary for many hours of the day (driving door-to-door, sitting at an office desk, relaxing for the evening in front of a television) have led to exercise ranking low as a priority for many people. (harvard.edu)
  • Trial methods were acceptable and feasible, but the intervention conferred no apparent advantage over control, though it was not trialled among the most sedentary and inactive population for whom it was developed. (springer.com)
  • Methods: All Danish females with RTT older than 5 years of age and with a MECP2 mutation were invited to participate. (lu.se)
  • Methods: Anthropometric data from 215 (51.4%) male and 203 (48.6%) female patients seen in Gaborone between 2005 and 2015 were analysed to establish appropriate cut-off points for waist circumference (WC) corresponding to a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2. (bvsalud.org)
  • The study, published February 19, 2019, in a special "Go Red for Women" edition of Circulation , is an analysis of 5,638 women aged 63 to 97 years participating in the Women's Health Initiative. (tctmd.com)
  • If our sedentary society is to change to one that is more physically active, health organizations and educational institutions must communicate to the public the amounts and types of physical activity that are needed to prevent disease and promote health. (cdc.gov)
  • However, the proportion of women and men in the age group 16-84 years who are physically active for at least 30 minutes per day has been unchanged at approximately 65 percent over the last decade. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • A sedentary 21-year-old female needs 2,000 calories per day to keep her weight the same. (livestrong.com)
  • So for example, a woman who usually eats about 2,000 calories a day could lose a pound a week by dropping down to 1,500 calories per day -- either through eating less or exercising more, or preferably both. (livestrong.com)
  • Several factors contribute to the higher prevalence of hypertension among older women. (universeofsuccess.com)
  • 01). In women, cing the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components. (cdc.gov)
  • among males aged 20 years and older, prevalence reaches 67% in Kenya. (who.int)
  • 24-h energy expenditure (24EE), basal metabolic rate (BMR), and sleeping metabolic rate (SMR) were measured in a respiratory chamber in 235 healthy, nondiabetic Caucasian subjects (114 males, 121 females). (jci.org)
  • Since adjusted 24EE was 106 +/- 39 kcal/d (P less than 0.01) higher in females during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle compared with females during the follicular phase, energy expenditure was analyzed in a subset (greater than 50 yr) to minimize the confounding effect of menstrual status. (jci.org)
  • Adults spend approximately 60-70% of their waking hours in sedentary activities, 1 , 2 which are characterised by energy expenditure below 1.5 metabolic equivalents while in a sitting or reclined posture. (bmj.com)
  • 7985 black and white adults aged 45 years or older. (nih.gov)
  • To participate in this study, you must be between 21 and 65 years old and not have high blood pressure. (nih.gov)
  • [14] CVD is typically diagnosed seven to ten years earlier in men than in women. (wikipedia.org)
  • One-third of the global population aged 15 years and older engages in insufficient physical activities, which affects health. (researchgate.net)
  • In this prospective study, 6382 women wore ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometers at the hip for up to 7 days during 2012-2013, and were followed over a median of 4.7 years for diagnosis of 13 invasive cancers. (nature.com)
  • 80 years (HR per one-SD = 0.75, 95% CI = 0.63-0.90) than among women ≥80 years (HR per one-SD = 0.99, 95% CI = 0.82-1.18) ( P Interaction = 0.03). (nature.com)
  • Females older than 33.5 years, and those unable to walk independently were more sedentary. (lu.se)
  • But Social Security only counts the inability to read or write as a factor only for applicants who are at least 45 years old. (disabilitysecrets.com)
  • Ten of those individuals were in the "younger" group (i.e., 18 to 35 years old), while eight were in the "older" group (i.e., 50 to 65 years old) (Table 1). (acefitness.org)
  • Nine of 10 hip fractures occur in patients aged 65 years and older, and 3 of 4 occur in women. (medscape.com)
  • 10 years old. (cdc.gov)
  • data from 3,166 adults aged 20 years or older. (cdc.gov)
  • Introduction lection took place from May through October 2016, and a total of 8,626 adults aged 20 years or older were selected. (cdc.gov)
  • in recent years, more than half of US adults aged 65 or older were reported to have 1 or more disabling conditions (6). (cdc.gov)
  • As you get older, your calorie-burning capacity decreases, which means you can't eat as much as you used to without gaining weight. (livestrong.com)
  • Fitness levels decline as people grow older due to both physiological and behavioral factors (Hoeger et al. (acefitness.org)
  • The number of calories a 16-year-old female should consume per day depends on various factors such as weight, height, activity level, and overall health. (thedietchannel.com)
  • In conclusion, the appropriate calorie intake for a 16-year-old female depends on various factors. (thedietchannel.com)
  • 24EE was 124 +/- 38 kcal/d (P less than 0.002) higher in males than females after adjusting for differences in fat-free mass, fat mass, and age. (jci.org)
  • P less than 0.005) were higher in males compared with females of the older subset after adjusting for differences in body composition, age, and activity. (jci.org)
  • The researchers suggest that to maintain physical health and strength, older women trying to lose weight should get a higher percentage of their calories from protein. (livestrong.com)
  • Mean BMI was higher in 2010 only in the 16-18-year-old age group. (who.int)
  • The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics suggests women in their 60s get 5 to 6 ounces of protein a day from foods such as poultry, seafood, lean red meat, soy, beans, eggs and dairy. (livestrong.com)
  • The aim of the current study was to address these issues by using activPAL monitors to evaluate the influence of dog ownership on health enhancing PA and SB in a longitudinal study of independently-mobile, community-dwelling older adults. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The aim of this study is to report a case of a pregnant woman without previous structural heart disease that presented a great number of VPC when supine. (hindawi.com)
  • In a study of 162 pregnant women, symptoms were more frequent when there were more than 50 VPC per 24 hours [ 1 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The average age of women in that study also was about 79. (heart.org)
  • The study found that the women supplemented with protein lost more weight and preserved more of their muscle mass than the women taking the carb supplement. (livestrong.com)
  • Strength training helps preserve muscle and aids weight loss in older women following a reduced-calorie diet, according to a 2015 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. (livestrong.com)
  • On the positive note, there is evidence that life-style changes and improved health management can positively influence mental functioning," study co-author Dag Aarsland, MD, PhD, professor of old-age psychiatry at King's College London Institute, England, said in a press release . (medscape.com)
  • Spontaneous physical activity was not significantly different between males and females. (jci.org)
  • Conversely, the Sedentary & Low Active cluster (n = 6286) achieved ≤60 MET·min·wk −1 of physical activity and sat for ≥8 h·d −1 . (humankinetics.com)
  • however, they differed in magnitude, with the OOA and OOM being both more sedentary and more active. (nih.gov)
  • [3] Most cardiovascular disease affects older adults. (wikipedia.org)
  • An 80-year-old woman with mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is referred to the pulmonologist for dyspnea. (medscape.com)
  • Physical activity, social engagement, and a healthful diet help prevent chronic conditions and increase the longevity and quality of life of older adults (1-3). (cdc.gov)
  • Older adults vary in their susceptibility and exposure to unsafe or constraining environments, and those with chronic diseases or functional limitations may be even more adversely affected than their peers by environmental problems (7). (cdc.gov)
  • Engaging in physical activity may play a beneficial role in the prevention of certain cancers in older women. (nature.com)