Energy expenditure through physical activity in a population of community-dwelling Brazilian elderly: cross-sectional evidences from the Bambuí cohort study of aging Gasto energético com atividades físicas em idosos Brasileiros residentes em comunidade: evidências do estudo de coorte de idosos de Bambuí

• Main Authors: Juciany Rodrigues de Oliveira Ramalho (Author), Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa (Author), Josélia O. A. Firmo (Author), Sérgio Viana Peixoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The aim of this study was to estimate physical activity energy expenditure among older adults. The study comprised 1,585 residents in Bambuí, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, aged > 60 years (91% of the town's total elderly), and examined the frequency and duration of 23 types of physical activi...