Prediction of body fat in older adults by time spent in sedentary behavior. J Aging Phys Act 2012 Jul;20(3):332-44
Date
12/22/2011Pubmed ID
22186833DOI
10.1123/japa.20.3.332Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84863461058 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 24 CitationsAbstract
The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between sedentary behavior (SB), physical activity (PA), and body fat (total, abdominal) or body size (body-mass index [BMI], waist circumference [WC]) in community-dwelling adults 50 yr old and over. This study included 232 ambulatory adults (50-87 yr, 37.4% ± 9.6% body fat [BF]). Average daily time spent in SB (<100 counts/min) and light (100-759 counts/min), lifestyle-moderate (760-1,951 counts/min), walking-moderate (1,952-5,724 cts/min), and vigorous-intensity (≥ 5,725 counts/min) PA were determined by accelerometer and corrected for wear time. BF was measured with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. SB was positively related to measures of BF. Measures of SB, PA, and gender accounted for 55.6% of the variance in total BF, 32.4% of the variance in abdominal fat, and 28.0% of the variance in WC. SB, PA, and age accounted for 27.1% of the variance in BMI. Time spent in SB should be considered when designing obesity interventions for adults 50 yr old and over.
Author List
Swartz AM, Tarima S, Miller NE, Hart TL, Grimm EK, Rote AE, Strath SJAuthor
Sergey S. Tarima PhD Associate Professor in the Institute for Health and Equity department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Absorptiometry, PhotonAcceleration
Adipose Tissue
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Cross-Sectional Studies
Energy Metabolism
Female
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Middle Aged
Motor Activity
Obesity
Time
United States
