Physical activity and inactivity patterns in India – results from the ICMR-INDIAB study (Phase-1) [ICMR-INDIAB-5]

• Published in: The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 26
• Main Authors: Anjana, Ranjit M, Pradeepa, Rajendra, Das, Ashok K, Deepa, Mohan, Bhansali, Anil, Joshi, Shashank R, Joshi, Prashant P, Dhandhania, Vinay K, Rao, Paturi V, Sudha, Vasudevan, Subashini, Radhakrishnan, Unnikrishnan, Ranjit, Madhu, Sri V, Kaur, Tanvir, Mohan, Viswanathan, Shukla, Deepak K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Springer-Verlag 26.02.2014; BioMed Central Ltd; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis; Children & youth; Colonies & territories; Councils; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; disease outbreaks; Dyslipidemias; Dyslipidemias - epidemiology; Education; epidemiology; Female; females; Hospitals; Humans; India; India - epidemiology; Male; males; Middle Aged; Motor Activity; obesity; Obesity - epidemiology; people; physical activity; Physical fitness; Population; Prevalence; Questionnaires; Recreation; Response rates; Risk Factors; Rural areas; Rural Population; Sample size; Sedentary Behavior; Sedentary Lifestyle; Socioeconomic Factors; Statistics; Studies; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Urban Population; India

BACKGROUND: The rising prevalence of diabetes and obesity in India can be attributed, at least in part, to increasing levels of physical inactivity. However, there has been no nationwide survey in India on physical activity levels involving both the urban and rural areas in whole states of India. Th...