Physical activity of adults aged 50 years and older in Switzerland

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 218-229

  Meyer, Katharina ^a   Rezny, Linda ^a   Breuer, Christoph ^b   Lamprecht, Markus ^c   Stamm, Hans Peter ^c  

^a Swiss Health Observatory   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Lamprecht and Stamm (L and S) Sozialforschung und Beratung AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Guideline compliant physical activity; Habitual physical activity; Strategies for promoting physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HABIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SPORT; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 22844436922     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-005-4093-3     Document Type: Article

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