Adult obesity and mid-life physical functioning in two British birth cohorts: investigating the mediating role of physical inactivity | Zendy

Snehal M. Pinto Pereira | Zendy; Bianca De Stavola | Zendy; Nina Rogers | Zendy; Rebecca Hardy | Zendy; Rachel Cooper | Zendy; Chris Power | Zendy

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Adult obesity and mid-life physical functioning in two British birth cohorts: investigating the mediating role of physical inactivity

Author(s) -

Snehal M. Pinto Pereira,

Bianca De Stavola,

Nina Rogers,

Rebecca Hardy,

Rachel Cooper,

Chris Power

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyaa014

Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , body mass index , cohort , physical activity , gerontology , cohort study , demography , physical therapy , sociology

Associations between obesity and physical inactivity are bi-directional. Both are associated with physical functioning (PF, ability to perform physical tasks of daily living) but whether obesity influences PF via inactivity is unknown. We investigated whether mid-adult obesity trajectories were associated with subsequent PF and mediated by inactivity.

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