Abstract The aim of the study was to examine changes in objective and self-reported physical activity (PA) among women aged 60 years older. included 200 over years, divided into three groups according age (60–65 66–70 > 70 years). subjective assessment provided with International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) – short version PA assessment, data by an Actigraph GT3-BT worn for seven ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the feasibility of a power-type strength training programme for middle aged men and women, the impact of the training programme on perceived health and fitness and on knee and low back symptoms, and the rate of exercise induced injuries. METHODS A total of 154 voluntary, healthy, sedentary men and women participated in a training programme lasting about four months. The ...

introduction: menopause is one of the critical stages in a woman’s life that can influence their health during middle age. takeing into account the prevalence of depression as a psychological problem during menopausal period, this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of depression and its relative factors in different stages of menopause in women residing in kermanshah city, 2003. ma...

INTRODUCTION Objective methods like accelerometers are feasible for large studies and may quantify variability in day-to-day physical activity better than self-report. The variability between days suggests that day of the week cannot be ignored in the design and analysis of physical activity studies. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the optimal number of days needed to obtain reliabl...

PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate how a 10-week online live Pilates training held during the COVID-19 pandemic affected body composition, cardiovascular function, and physical fitness in sedentary middle-aged obese women. METHODS Thirty women, aged 30 49 years (BMI : 25kg/m<sup>2</sup> or more; waist circumference: 85cm more) who were leading lifestyle for more than 8 hours da...

BACKGROUND Physical activity and sedentary behavior may influence ovarian cancer risk, but clear evidence is lacking. METHODS We prospectively investigated the relations of self-reported physical activity and sedentary behavior to ovarian cancer incidence in a cohort of 148,892 U.S. women ages 50-71 years at baseline (1995-1996), who were followed through 2006. Multivariate Cox proportional h...

PURPOSE This study was done to determine the effects of weight management program using self-efficacy in middle-aged obese women. The study also attempted to measure the effects of the program on the weight efficacy lifestyle, body composition, and depression. METHOD The research design of this study was a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The experimental group consisted o...

As part of the Cross-Cultural Research on Nutrition of Older Subjects (CRONOS) project, the aim of this cross-sectional study was to observe the nutritional status and body composition of free-living elderly and middle-aged people in a low-income area of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Anthropometric data (weight; height; arm span; four skinfold thicknesses; left upper mid-arm, abdomen, hip and calf...

The sex difference in the prevalence rates of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) among the middle-aged population in China remain largely unknown. Therefore, we analyzed differences in the prevalence of diabetes, self-reported CVDs, and some CVD risk factors among men and women in the middle-aged population (30-49 years) and in individuals aged 50 years and older using data from the Ch...