Trends in Aerobic Physical Activity Participation Across Multiple Domains among US Adults, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007/2008 to 2017/2018

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• Personal Author:
  Whitfield, Geoffrey P ; Ussery, Emily N ; Saint-Maurice, Pedro F. ; Carlson, Susan A
• Description:
  Background
  
  Understanding how participation is changing across domains of physical activity is important for monitoring progress and informing promotion efforts. We examined changes in physical activity participation in NHANES 2007/2008—2017/2018.
  
  Methods
  
  The prevalence of inactivity, insufficient activity, and meeting the aerobic physical activity guideline in multi-domain physical activity and each domain (leisure-time, occupational/household, transportation) was estimated for each cycle and stratified by selected characteristics. We tested trends over time and overall changes (2017/2018 vs. 2007/2008).
  
  Results
  
  For multi-domain physical activity, the prevalence of inactivity decreased linearly; meeting the aerobic guideline increased nonmonotonically, and the 2017/2018 prevalence (68.1%) was higher than 2007/2008 (64.1%). Similar findings were observed for adults aged ≥65 years, non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanics, high school graduates, and adults with obesity. Domain-specific results varied, but decreasing trends in inactivity and increasing trends in meeting the guideline were consistently observed across subgroups for occupational/household activity. Meeting the guideline through transportation activity was rare.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Increases in meeting the guideline and decreases in inactivity in multi-domain and are encouraging results, especially among subgroups historically reporting low activity participation. Activity promotion efforts are important to maintain progress, and the transportation domain may be an underutilized source of physical activity.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Exercise Hispanic Or Latino Humans Leisure Activities Nutrition Surveys Sedentary Behavior
• Source:
  J Phys Act Health. 18(Suppl 1):S64-S73
• Pubmed ID:
  34225255
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10911582
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  18
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  CDC Public Access
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