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Physical Activity Patterns of each Age Group in the NHAPS Survey1. |
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| Age Group |
Number of Individuals (N) |
Leisure Time Physical Activities (%)2 |
Household Related Activities (%)2 |
No participation in LT PA (%)3 |
Mean Score (kcal/kg) |
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| 18–24 |
733 |
7.9 |
18.6 |
82.1 |
38.4 |
| 25–34 |
1622 |
6.7 |
23.8 |
82.2 |
40.0 |
| 35–44 |
1489 |
4.8 |
26.6 |
87.2 |
40.2 |
| 45–54 |
1187 |
4.7 |
26.9 |
87.4 |
39.1 |
| 55–64 |
962 |
3.6 |
30.5 |
89.5 |
38.7 |
| 65–74 |
816 |
5.2 |
35.2 |
88.4 |
36.7 |
| 75+ |
533 |
1.9 |
36.0 |
92.3 |
34.0 |
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1National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS). 2 Percentage of energy expenditure for each group. 3Percentage of individuals who did not report at least one occurrence of leisure time physical activity in the previous 24-hour period. | |||||
Dong et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2004 1:4 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-1-4 |
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