Open AccessExercise participation and diet monitoring in pursuit of healthy aging among the university staff members
Author(s) -
Jaiyesimi Boluwaji Gbenga,
Joseph Babalola
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of the university of science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0855-0395
DOI - 10.4314/just.v36i3.8
Subject(s) - gerontology , neglect , psychology , simple random sample , successful aging , stratified sampling , rank correlation , descriptive statistics , medicine , environmental health , statistics , population , mathematics , pathology , psychiatry
This study examined the level of exercise participation and diet monitoring in pursuit of healthy aging. Descriptive survey research design and self-structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. Proportionate stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select two hundred and nineteen (219) respondents (60.7% male and 33.2% female) who formed the sample size for the study. Statistical analysis of mean, standard deviation, percent counts, frequency, chi-square and spearman rank correlation coefficient were carried out. Results showed that university staff members had significant level of exercise participation and proper diet monitoring in pursuit of healthy aging (X2=204.05, p=.000; X2=235.16, p=.000). Exercise participation and diet monitoring in pursuit of healthy aging had very weak positive relationship (r=0.132,p=.000). The study revealed that it is possible to focus more on exercise participation and neglect diet monitoring or vice versa. Exercise participation and diet monitoring are closely related to living a healthy lifestyle with satisfactory life-work growing productivity level and both should be given adequate attention.Keywords: Exercise participation, diet monitoring, healthy aging