The effects of weight and physical activity change over 20 years on later-life objective and self-reported disability | Zendy

Emily D. Williams | Zendy; Sophie V. Eastwood | Zendy; Therese Tillin | Zendy; Alun D. Hughes | Zendy; Nish Chaturvedi | Zendy

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The effects of weight and physical activity change over 20 years on later-life objective and self-reported disability

Author(s) -

Emily D. Williams,

Sophie V. Eastwood,

Therese Tillin,

Alun D. Hughes,

Nish Chaturvedi

Publication year - 2014

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/dyu013

Subject(s) - medicine , activities of daily living , odds ratio , observational study , anthropometry , confidence interval , weight change , weight loss , odds , gerontology , affect (linguistics) , physical disability , physical therapy , population , obesity , logistic regression , psychology , environmental health , communication

Weight and health behaviours are known to affect physical disability; however the evidence exploring the impact of changes to these lifestyle factors over the life course on disability is inconsistent. We aimed to explore the roles of weight and activity change between mid and later life on physical disability.

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