Physical activity and public health in older adults: recommendation from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association

ME Nelson, WJ Rejeski, SN Blair, PW Duncan… - …, 2007 - scholarcommons.sc.edu
Objective-To issue a recommendation on the types and amounts of physical activity needed
to improve and maintain health in older adults. Participants-A panel of scientists with …

[图书][B] Assessing the economic costs of unhealthy diets and low physical activity: An evidence review and proposed framework

CJ Candari, J Cylus, E Nolte - 2017 - eprints.lse.ac.uk
Unhealthy diets and low physical activity contribute to many chronic diseases and disability;
they are responsible for some 2 in 5 deaths worldwide and for about 30% of the global …

Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program into the community: the DEPLOY pilot study

RT Ackermann, EA Finch, E Brizendine, H Zhou… - American journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) found that an intensive lifestyle
intervention can reduce the development of diabetes by more than half in adults with …

Financial impact of a comprehensive multisite workplace health promotion program

SG Aldana, RM Merrill, K Price, A Hardy, R Hager - Preventive medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
Introduction. The purpose of this study is to determine if the Washoe County School District
Wellness Program impacted employee health care costs and rates of absenteeism over a 2 …

The association of health risks with on-the-job productivity

WN Burton, CY Chen, DJ Conti… - … of occupational and …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Decreased on-the-job productivity represents a large yet poorly characterized
indirect cost to employers. We studied the impact of employee health risk factors on self …

The frequency and health benefits of physical activity for older adults

S Musich, SS Wang, K Hawkins… - Population health …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
The benefits of physical activity (PA) for older adults have been demonstrated in reduced
prevalence of common chronic conditions, improved mental health, decreased cognitive …

Cost effectiveness of childhood obesity interventions: evidence and methods for CHOICES

SL Gortmaker, MW Long, SC Resch, ZJ Ward… - American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction The childhood obesity epidemic continues in the US, and fiscal crises are
leading policymakers to ask not only whether an intervention works but also whether it offers …

[PDF][PDF] The workplace as a setting for interventions to improve diet and promote physical activity

L Quintiliani, J Sattelmair, G Sorensen - World Health Organization, 2007 - academia.edu
Executive summary With lifestyle behavioral choices contributing to a significant proportion
of chronic diseases globally, evidence-based strategies to improve behavioral risk factors …

Physical activity and depressive symptoms in older adults: 11-year follow-up

PW Ku, KR Fox, LJ Chen, P Chou - American journal of preventive …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Few studies have explored the reciprocal relationships between naturally
occurring changes in physical activity and depressive symptoms in later life. PURPOSE: This …

Non-face-to-face physical activity interventions in older adults: a systematic review

AM Müller, S Khoo - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and …, 2014 - Springer
Physical activity is effective in preventing chronic diseases, increasing quality of life and
promoting general health in older adults, but most older adults are not sufficiently active to …