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Adherence to physical activity recommendations in older adults: an Israeli national survey
Yael Netz1, Rebecca Goldsmith, Tal Shimony
1Zinman College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Wingate Institute, Israel.
Unlabelled:
The trend of extended life expectancy along with a sedentary lifestyle is typical in Western cultures.
Objective:
To explore adherence to physical activity recommendations in older adults in Israel.
Methods:
A random sample of 1,536 Jews and 316 Arabs age 65+ were interviewed and divided into sufficiently active, insufficiently active, and inactive groups based on official guidelines.
Results:
Only 36.4% of the Jewish sector and 19.6% of the Arab sector are sufficiently active. Men are more active than women, the secular are more active than the religious among both Jews and Arabs, and more years of education, a higher income, and fewer diseases and medications are related to higher levels of physical activity.
Discussion:
To slow down biological age decline with physical activity, intervention programs specifically tailored for culturally diverse groups are suggested-for example, recruiting prominent religious leaders to promote physical activity in religious populations.
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