Main and interacting effects of physical activity and sedentary time on older adults’ BMI: The moderating roles of socio-demographic and environmental attributes

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 7; p. e0235833
• Main Authors: Van Dyck, Delfien, Barnett, Anthony, Van Cauwenberg, Jelle, Zhang, Casper J. P., Sit, Cindy H. P., Cerin, Ester
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 09.07.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Accelerometers; Adults; Behavior; Biology and Life Sciences; Body fat; Body mass index; Body weight; Data collection; Demographics; Demography; Density; Diabetes; Diet; Dietary intake; Education; Elderly; Engineering and Technology; Ethics; Exercise; Food; Food additives; Food intake; Gender; Health aspects; Health care; Health sciences; International studies; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Obesity; Observational studies; Older people; Overweight; People and Places; Physical activity; Physiological aspects; Public health; Sedentary behavior; Social Sciences; Sociodemographics; Socioeconomic factors; Sport science; Studies; Womens health; Belgium; Hong Kong China; Melbourne Victoria Australia; Australia; China

Objectives Our first aim was to examine the main and interacting effects of accelerometer-based sedentary time (ST) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) with BMI and the likelihood of being overweight/obese in Hong Kong and Ghent (Belgium) older adults. Second, we examined whether these...