Roczniki Państwowego Zakładu Higieny
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Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig · Jan 2012
[Physical activity of elderly people living in district Koprzywnica (Poland)].
Physical activity has good influence on health. The physical activity of elderly people may decrease, because of the health problems or think that with aging sport activity should be reduced. ⋯ In case of older persons the duration of physical activity was shorter and the active energy expenditure was lower than in case of younger persons. Both groups had the sedentary energy expenditure and the lying duration at the same level. Elderly people with higher BMI had lower total energy expenditure and lower intensity and shorter physical activity duration than elderly people with lower BMI.