What motivates older adults to improve diet and exercise patterns?

SH Bardach, NE Schoenberg, BM Howell - Journal of Community Health, 2016 - Springer
… have a profound role on health and quality of life—with late-life … maintenance of his walking
regimen. Similarly, a 71 year-… in healthy diet and physical activity behaviors. The findings …

Intervening on physical activity and sedentary behavior in older adults

J Fanning, BJ Nicklas, WJ Rejeski - Experimental gerontology, 2022 - Elsevier
… shift in focus in the study of active aging that has occurred in … of physical activity on older
adults' health and quality of life … , and the maintenance of physical capabilities needed to …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity and exercise: Strategies to manage frailty

J Angulo, M El Assar, A Álvarez-Bustos… - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
… factor most strongly associated with quality of life and the risk … components involved in its
preservation or deterioration, and … loss of muscle strength and physical function in older adults […

Older adults' experiences of using a wearable activity tracker with health professional feedback over a 12-month randomised controlled trial

KJ Brickwood, AD Williams, G Watson… - Digital …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
physical activity levels in older adults. Unfortunately, … and can assist in the maintenance of
physical activity levels for up to 24 … integration of qualitative research with the setting of RCTs. …

A qualitative study to examine how differences in motivation can inform the development of targeted physical activity interventions for African American women

AM Sweeney, DK Wilson, A Brown - Evaluation and program planning, 2019 - Elsevier
… you know, to motivate other older people, you know, that get out in the community.”) Affordability
of PA, and the need for age-appropriate activities were brought up at similar frequencies …

Perceptions of body size, obesity threat and the willingness to lose weight among black South African adults: a qualitative study

KJ Okop, FC Mukumbang, T Mathole, N Levitt… - BMC public health, 2016 - Springer
… health education and promotion programmes that increase awareness about the risk
associated with overweight, and improve the motivation for physical activity and maintenance of …

A qualitative study of influences on long‐term physical activity in physically active African American women

AM Hubbell, EC Hardy, KS Astroth, SH Jenkins… - Nursing …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… mean age under 18 years); (b) older adult populations (mean age over … studies in the literature,
none of the participants in this study … with hair maintenance.21, 23 Hair maintenance was …

Development of a novel mind–body activity and pain management program for older adults with cognitive decline

RA Mace, MV Gates, B Bullard, EG Lester… - The …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… needs of older adults with CP and CD. We conducted four focus groups to qualitatively
identify … experience with physical activity and willingness to increase walking, (c) thoughts on …

… are not consistently implementing the strength component of the UK chief medical officers' physical activity guidelines in their exercise prescription for older adults

A Gluchowski, H Bilsborough, J McDermott… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
study aimed to explore exercise instructors’ awareness and utilisation of the guidelines when
prescribing strength training to older adults… The authors took a qualitative approach, with in-…

[HTML][HTML] Understanding older adults' experiences with technologies for health self-management: interview study

EP Garcia Reyes, R Kelly, G Buchanan, J Waycott - JMIR aging, 2023 - aging.jmir.org
… help older adults to control their diet and physical activity or … We adopted a qualitative
approach involving semistructured … for maintenance is high and there’sa cost associated with that. …