Light and sporadic physical activity overlooked by current guidelines makes older women more active than older men

• Main Authors: Shiho Amagasa (Author), Noritoshi Fukushima (Author), Hiroyuki Kikuchi (Author), Tomoko Takamiya (Author), Koichiro Oka (Author), Shigeru Inoue (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Men are generally believed to be more physically active than women when evaluated using current physical activity (PA) guidelines, which count only moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in bouts lasting at least 10 min. However, it remains unclear men are truly more physi...