Assessing daily physical activity using a pedometer among middle aged and older people in Dundee, Scotland

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Obesity has been increasing in Westernized countries probably because decreased daily physical activities. In addition, inactive lifestyle is considered closely associated with obesity. Pedometer has been recognized as a useful tool in assessing daily physical activities, but there is no available data on pedometer determined physical activities among the resident of Scotland, which is reported lower than that of other nations. We measured steps/day among apparently healthy 129 people in Dundee aged from 40 to 79 years using a pedometer (EM-180, YAMASA, TOKYO) for a week. Questioner was used to ask their age, gender, height, body weight, occupation, and exercise habit. The average number of steps/day was 7796±496 (SE) in men and 8660±402 in women. These values seem not to be lower than that of other nations reported previously. Steps/day by obese people with BMI≥30 was significantly lower than that of the normal with BMI<24.9 (6899±724 vs 9050±437, P=0.026), which is consistent with previous studies.

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  • 総合保健体育科学

    総合保健体育科学 29 (1), 1-4, 2006-03-31

    名古屋大学総合保健体育科学センター

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