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Physical activity among children and teens is lower than previously thought, and, in another surprise finding, young adults after the age of 20 show the only increases in activity over the lifespan, suggests a study conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. And, the study found, starting at age 35, activity levels declined through midlife and older adulthood.
The study also identified different times throughout the day when activity was highest and lowest, across age groups and between males and females. These patterns, the researchers say, could inform programs aimed at increasing physical activity by targeting not only age groups but times with the least activity, such as during the morning for children and adolescents.
The findings, which were published online June 1 in the journal, Preventive Medicine, come amid heightened concern that exercise deficits are contributing to the growing obesity epidemic, particularly among children and teens.
"Activity levels at the end of adolescence were alarmingly low, and by age 19, they were comparable to 60-year-olds," says the study's senior author, Vadim Zipunnikov, assistant professor in the Bloomberg School's Department of Biostatistics. "For school-age children, the primary window for activity was the afternoon between two and six P.M. So the big question is how do we modify daily schedules, in schools for example, to be more conducive to increasing physical activity?"
This is what comes from not teaching your kids how to fish.
Re-evaluating the effect of age on physical activity over the lifespan (DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.05.030) (DX)
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Friday August 18 2017, @05:48AM (3 children)
Used to have to walk a half mile to the deployment site. Now I rlogin and my ass is still firmly in my chair.
I'm more productive when my ass stays in my chair than I am when I walk to the problem. This is why people are fatter nowsays.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 2) by lx on Friday August 18 2017, @06:43AM
I guess if your productivity means more to you than your quality of life then death at 58 must come as a welcome relief.
I know Japanese stuff is cool and all, but importing karoshi [wikipedia.org] seems like a really bad idea.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 18 2017, @05:41PM
Under desk ellipticals [ebay.com] are cheap.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 18 2017, @06:04PM
Walking is when I have some of my best insights into how best to fix the problem in the first place. That's means for good measures of productivity, I'm more productive if I get up and walk then sit still pounding out the first thing that popped into my head.