Physical activity among older Chinese adults living in urban and rural areas: A review

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摘要 Withanincreaseinrural-to-urbanmigration,arapidlyagingpopulation,andtherisingriskofdevelopingnoncommunicablediseasesinChina,itisimportanttounderstandtheepidemiologyofphysicalactivity(PA)andhealthinthecontextofdiseasepreventionandpopulationhealth.Despiteitspublichealthimportance,thereisasignificantlackofknowledgeaboutPAinolderChineseadultsthatmayhamperprimarypreventioneffortsofhealthpromotioninanincreasinglyagingpopulation.Tofillthisgap,thisarticlepresentsanarrativereviewofPAintheolderChineseadultpopulationwithaspecialfocusonresidentialsettings(i.e.,urbanandrural).Usingexistingstudies,thereviewexaminesoverallPApatternsandtheircorrelatesanddiscussespublichealthimplicationsandfutureresearch.AlthoughtherearesomepreliminaryindicationsofurbanandruraldifferencesinPAintheagingpopulationinChina,continuedresearcheffortsareneededtofacilitateprimarypreventioneffortsaimedatreducingnoncommunicablediseasesandpromotinganactivelifestyleamongthelargestpopulationofolderpeopleintheworld.
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出版日期 2016年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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