In recommending physical activity for public health, authors have advocated either an
approach in which the participant is to follow a prescription developed by a professional or …

Background Walking outdoors can be used by many individuals to meet public health
guidelines for moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity. The speed at which adults …

Context Relationships between socio-environmental factors and obesity are poorly
understood due to a dearth of longitudinal population-level research. The objective of this …

Purpose This paper 1) provides the calibration procedures and methods for metabolic and
activity monitor data collection, 2) compares measured MET values to the MET values from …

Purpose This study aimed to measure the metabolic cost (METs) of walking activities in older
adults, to examine the relationship between accelerometer output and METs across walking …

Purpose: To compare intensity misclassification and activity MET values using measured
RMR (measMET) compared with 3.5 ml· kg− 1· min− 1 (standMET) and corrected METs …

Background: older adults can be limited in their performance of daily tasks due to an
inadequate aerobic capacity. Aerobic capacity below minimum physiological thresholds …

Objectives To compare metabolic equivalent (MET) values of common daily tasks in men
and women aged 70 and older with normative criteria and to determine the effect of having …

The objective of this study was to determine the exercise intensities of 15 gardening tasks in
older adults using a portable indirect calorimeter. Twenty older Korean adults (16 females …

There is increasing evidence of the health and wellbeing benefits of gardening. However,
such benefits are not shared equally across groups in the community. It is important from a …