Daily calcium intake and physical activity status in urban women living on low incomes in Davao, Philippines : a primary study for osteoporosis prevention
| Autor: | Shoko Miura, Masayo Nakamori, Masumi Yagi, Shigeru Yamamoto, Ophelia L. Saavedra, Shinji Ikemoto |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Gerontology Bone density Physical activity.status Cross-sectional study Philippines Osteoporosis Population Prevalence chemistry.chemical_element Calcium Diet Surveys General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology urban health walking Bone Density Environmental health calcium intake Humans Medicine education Poverty education.field_of_study business.industry General Medicine developing countries medicine.disease osteoporosis Calcium Dietary Cross-Sectional Studies chemistry Pedometer Female business |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1349-6867 |
| Popis: | Low calcium intake and physical inactivity are modifiable risk factors of osteoporosis ; however, little information is available about the prevalence of these risk factors among urban Filipino women living on low-incomes. The present study, therefore, investigated daily calcium intake, main calcium sources, and physical activity status in this population. The study group comprised healthy women aged in their 30 s who had participated in our previous survey using heel speed of sound (SOS) measurement in Davao, Philippines. The women were stratified into three groups based on SOS score and 20 were randomly selected from each, giving 60 in total. Calcium intake was measured by direct analysis of the food samples collected from 3-days 24 hour-food duplicate method. Physical activity was estimated based on pedometer determined walking steps over 5 days. The median [25%, 75%] calcium intake per day was 289 [225, 434] mg. Traditional foods derived from local small fish and plants were the main calcium sources. The median walking steps per day was 8750 [6920, 10836]. Although three groups did not show significantly different calcium intakes and walking steps, consumption of low-cost small fish and plant foods could be encouraged along with walking in urban Filipino women living on low-incomes. |
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