Age-related differences in physical activity levels of young adults. Leslie, Eva, Fotheringham, Michael, Owen, Neville and Bauman, Adrian 2001, Age-related differences in physical activity levels of young adults., Medicine and science in sports and exercise, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 255-258, doi: 10.1097/00005768-200102000-00014. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Age-related differences in physical activity levels of young adults. Author(s) Leslie, Eva Fotheringham, Michael Owen, Neville Bauman, Adrian Journal name Medicine and science in sports and exercise Volume number 33 Issue number 2 Start page 255 End page 258 Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Place of publication Baltimore, MD Publication date 2001-02 ISSN 0195-9131 1530-0315 Summary Purpose: To examine age-related differences in the physical activity behaviors of young adults. Methods: We examined rates of participation in vigorous- and moderate-intensity leisure-time activity and walking, as well as an index of physical activity sufficient for health benefits in three Australian cross-sectional samples, for the age ranges of 18–19, 20–24, and 25–29 yr. Data were collected in 1991, 1996, and 1997/8. Results: There was at least a 15% difference in vigorous-intensity leisure-time physical activity from the 18–19 yr to the 25–29 yr age groups, and at least a 10% difference in moderate-intensity leisure-time physical activity. For the index of sufficient activity there was a difference between 9 and 21% across age groups. Differences in rates of walking were less than 8%. For all age groups, males had higher rates of participation for vigorous and moderate-intensity activity than did females, but females had much higher rates of participation in walking than males. Age-associated differences in activity levels were more apparent for males. Conclusions: Promoting walking and various forms of moderate-intensity physical activities to young adult males, and encouraging young adult females to adopt other forms of moderate-intensity activity to complement walking may help to ameliorate decreases in physical activity over the adult lifespan. Language eng DOI 10.1097/00005768-200102000-00014 Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2001, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30004102 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)   Connected to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 08 Jan 2009, 09:23:37 EST Fri, 09 Apr 2010, 13:09:28 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 07:31:13 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 14:41:20 EST Sun, 13 Mar 2022, 11:35:58 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 78 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 657 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:12:07 EST