Trends in Meeting the Physical Activity Guidelines: Muscle-Strengthening Alone and Combined With Aerobic Activity, United States, 1998–2018

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• Alternative Title:
  J Phys Act Health
• Personal Author:
  Hyde, Eric T. ; Whitfield, Geoffrey P. ; Omura, John D. ; Fulton, Janet E. ; Carlson, Susan A.
• Description:
  Background:
  
  The National Health Interview Survey is unique among US federal surveillance systems with over 20 years of consistent assessment of muscle-strengthening and aerobic activity. The authors examined trends in the prevalence of US adults who met the muscle-strengthening (2 or more days per week) and the combined muscle-strengthening and aerobic physical activity (at least 150 min/wk of moderate-intensity equivalent activity) guidelines from 1998 to 2018.
  
  Methods:
  
  The 1998–2018 National Health Interview Survey data were analyzed. Age-adjusted prevalence of meeting the muscle-strengthening and combined aerobic and muscle-strengthening guidelines by selected respondent characteristics were estimated for each year and linear and higher-order trends were assessed.
  
  Results:
  
  From 1998 to 2018, prevalence of meeting the muscle-strengthening guideline increased from 17.7% to 27.6%, and meeting the combined aerobic and muscle-strengthening guidelines increased from 14.4% to 24.0%. All subgroups demonstrated significant increases in meeting both guideline measures over this period although trends varied across the 21 years; increasing trends were more commonly sustained in the second decade of monitoring.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Although increasing trends in prevalence of meeting the muscle-strengthening and combined guidelines are encouraging, current prevalence estimates remain low. Opportunities exist for the continued promotion of muscle-strengthening activity using evidence-based approaches.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Exercise Exercise Therapy Humans Muscles Prevalence United States
• Keywords:
  Fitness Guidelines Muscle-strengthening NHIS Surveillance
• Source:
  J Phys Act Health. 18(Suppl 1):S37-S44
• Pubmed ID:
  34465652
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11000248
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  18
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:ea760ef8e6bd71bbf5756e85d385d81dbca27a29cba178a2e761a2d63c13982b
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