Effects of life-style on body mass index change
| Autor: | Helena C. Kraemer, C. Barr Taylor, Marilyn A. Winkleby, Beverly Rockhill, Darius E. Jatulis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Body adiposity index Body Mass Index Random Allocation Age Distribution Risk Factors medicine Humans Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Longitudinal Studies Sex Distribution Exercise Life Style Body volume index Life style business.industry Smoking Body Shape Index Middle Aged Marital status Smoking status Female business Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.). 5(6) |
| ISSN: | 1044-3983 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to determine the effects of age and life-style factors on body mass index (BMI) in a longitudinal, community-based sample. A total of 568 men and 668 women (20–60 years of age) were randomly chosen from four Northern California communities and followed for up to 7 years. Age, sex, marital status, smoking status, hours of television watched, frequency of consumption of several food items physical activity were used to predict rate of change of body mass index (BMI-slope). BMI increased the most for both sexes through at least age 54. The BMI-slope was higher for women compared with men for smokers who stopped compared with those who never smoked or continued to smoke during the study. The BMI-slopes were lower for individuals who increased activity. Other life-style variables had weak or inconsistent effects on the BMI-slope. We conclude that the BMI-slope increases over age for both sexes and that increased physical activity may reduce the BMI-slope. (Epidemiology 1994;5:599–603) |
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