Physical Activity and Health of Middle-Aged and Older Japanese Across the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differential Outcomes Highlight a Problematic Life Stage

CONCLUSION: Differential outcomes were identified between age and gender regarding health, physical activity, walking, and sitting across the pandemic with significantly worse impacts reported among middle-aged samples.IMPLICATIONS: These results have implications for healthy transitions to later life and the design of postpandemic interventions to address activity opportunities in Japan.PMID:38194952 | DOI:10.1123/japa.2023-0129
Source: Journal of Aging and Physical Activity - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Source Type: research