Successful aging: Advancing the science of physical independence in older adults

SD Anton, AJ Woods, T Ashizawa, D Barb… - Ageing research …, 2015 - Elsevier
The concept of 'successful aging'has long intrigued the scientific community. Despite this
long-standing interest, a consensus definition has proven to be a difficult task, due to the …

Correlates of sedentary behaviour in adults: a systematic review

SA Prince, JL Reed, C McFetridge… - Obesity …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The objective of this study was to systematically review evidence to identify
intrapersonal, social environmental, physical environmental and policy correlates of …

Trends in sedentary behavior among the US population, 2001-2016

L Yang, C Cao, ED Kantor, LH Nguyen, X Zheng… - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Prolonged sitting, particularly watching television or videos, has been
associated with increased risk of multiple diseases and mortality. However, changes in …

Racial and ethnic differences in antihypertensive medication use and blood pressure control among US adults with hypertension: the National Health and Nutrition …

A Gu, Y Yue, RP Desai, E Argulian - … : Cardiovascular Quality and …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—A key to reduce and eradicate racial disparities in hypertension outcomes is to
understand their causes. We aimed at evaluating racial differences in antihypertensive drug …

Relationship between sedentary behavior and cardiovascular risk

RV Same, DI Feldman, N Shah, SS Martin… - Current cardiology …, 2016 - Springer
The majority of adults do not meet current guideline recommendations for moderate to
vigorous physical activity. Recent research has linked a high amount of sedentary behavior …

Impact of lifestyle interventions targeting healthy diet, physical activity, and weight loss on asthma in adults: what is the evidence?

SM Nyenhuis, AE Dixon, J Ma - The Journal of Allergy and Clinical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Unhealthy lifestyle factors such as poor diet quality, sedentary lifestyle, and obesity are
associated with negative health consequences in asthma including poor asthma control …

Disentangling race, poverty, and place in disparities in physical activity

AM Hawes, GS Smith, E McGinty, C Bell… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Significant racial disparities in physical activity—a key protective health factor against
obesity and cardiovascular disease—exist in the United States. Using data from the 1999 …

Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and cause-specific mortality in black and white adults in the Southern Community Cohort Study

CE Matthews, SS Cohen, JH Fowke… - American journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
There is limited evidence demonstrating the benefits of physical activity with regard to
mortality risk or the harms associated with sedentary behavior in black adults, so we …

An exploration of domain-specific sedentary behaviors in college students by lifestyle factors and sociodemographics

C Carpenter, SE Byun, G Turner-McGrievy… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
College students exhibit high levels of sedentary time and/or poor lifestyle factors (eg, poor
sleep, stress, physical inactivity). It is unknown; however, in what domains college students …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality disparities between Black and White Americans mediated by income and health behaviors

J Luo, M Hendryx, F Wang - SSM-population health, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Race disparities in health outcomes including mortality risk are well known, but
mediating mechanisms that link race to mortality risk have rarely been formally tested …