Longitudinal relationships between occupational and domestic physical activity patterns and body weight in China

Objectives: To examine the longitudinal relationship between occupational and domestic sources of physical activity and body weight in a sample of Chinese adults. Methods: Population-based longitudinal observational study of Chinese adults (4697 women and 4708 men) aged 18-55 from the 1991, 1993, 19...

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Published in:	European journal of clinical nutrition 2008-11, Vol.62 (11), p.1318-1325
Main Authors:	Monda, K.L, Adair, L.S, Zhai, F, Popkin, B.M
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Activity patterns Adolescent Adult Adults Anthropometry Asian people Biological and medical sciences Body weight Body Weight - physiology Body weight gain China - epidemiology China Health and Nutrition Survey Chinese people Confidence intervals dietary surveys Employment Energy expenditure Exercise Exercise - physiology Feeding. Feeding behavior Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Health aspects homemaking Housework Humans Linear Models Longitudinal Studies Male Medical sciences Men Metabolic diseases Middle Aged Motor Activity - physiology Nutrition Nutrition surveys nutrition transition Obesity Obesity - epidemiology Obesity - etiology occupations Physical activity Population studies public health Risk factors Urbanization - trends Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems weight gain Women Workplace Young Adult
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Summary:	Objectives: To examine the longitudinal relationship between occupational and domestic sources of physical activity and body weight in a sample of Chinese adults. Methods: Population-based longitudinal observational study of Chinese adults (4697 women and 4708 men) aged 18-55 from the 1991, 1993, 1997, and 2000 waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey. Measured height and weight and detailed self-reported energy expenditure from multiple occupational and domestic sources were assessed over a 9-year period. Longitudinal relationships were modeled using linear random effects models. Results: Increased occupational physical activity resulted in overall lower body weight for both men and women (β-coefficients (95% confidence interval (CI)) for high levels: -0.46 (-0.76, -0.15) for men, -0.36 (-0.62, -0.10) for women, and increased domestic physical activity resulted in overall lower body weight in men (β-coefficient (95% CI): -0.40 (-0.62, -0.18)). Conclusions: Physical activity that occurs in the occupational and domestic sectors is often overlooked; yet our research suggests they have important effects on body weight in Chinese adults. As China continues to urbanize, energy expenditure from these sources is decreasing, and our results point out the need to explore these types of physical activity more broadly across the world as potential sources of weight gain.
ISSN:	0954-3007 1476-5640