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ArticleJournal of physical activity & health2021

Trends in Aerobic Physical Activity Participation Across Multiple Domains Among US Adults, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007/2008 to 2017/2018.

Geoffrey P Whitfield, Emily N Ussery, Pedro F Saint-Maurice, Susan A Carlson

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Article in Journal of physical activity & health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Geoffrey P Whitfield
Emily N Ussery
Pedro F Saint-Maurice
Susan A Carlson
Cancer Institute (WIA) · INDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and GeneticsNational Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion · US

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUnderstanding how participation is changing across domains of physical activity is important for monitoring progress and informing promotion efforts. The authors examined changes in physical activity participation in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007/2008 to 2017/2018.

methodsThe prevalence of inactivity, insufficient activity, and meeting the aerobic physical activity guideline in multidomain physical activity and each domain (leisure time, occupational/household, and transportation) was estimated for each cycle and stratified by selected characteristics. The authors tested trends over time and overall changes (2017/2018 vs 2007/2008).

resultsFor multidomain physical activity, the prevalence of inactivity decreased linearly; meeting the aerobic guideline increased nonmonotonically, and the 2017/2018 prevalence (68.1%) was higher than 2007/2008 (64.1%). Similar findings were observed for adults aged ≥65 years, non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanics, high school graduates, and adults with obesity. Domain-specific results varied, but decreasing trends in inactivity and increasing trends in meeting the guideline were consistently observed across subgroups for occupational/household activity. Meeting the guideline through transportation activity was rare.

conclusionsIncreases in meeting the guideline and decreases in inactivity in multidomain activity and selected domains are encouraging results, especially among subgroups historically reporting low activity participation. Activity promotion efforts are important to maintain progress, and the transportation domain may be an underutilized source of physical activity.

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ExerciseLeisure ActivitiesAdultHispanic or LatinoHumansNutrition SurveysSedentary Behaviorepidemiologypopulation surveyssurveillance

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