Abstract
\nBACKGROUND: Differences in health behaviors may be important contributors to racial\/ethnic disparities in the health status of adults. Studies to date have not compared whether there are health behavior differences in exercise and dietary behaviors among middle-age and older adults in the four largest racial\/ethnic categories.<\/p>\n
OBJECTIVE: To investigate racial\/ethnic differences in exercise and dietary behaviors of middle-aged and older adults.<\/p>\n
DESIGN: We used data from the 2007 California Health Interview Survey. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine interactions between age and race\/ethnicity in predicting two categories of health behaviors. Analyses were conducted adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics, health insurance status, and healthcare utilization.<\/p>\n
PARTICIPANTS: A population-based sample of 33,189 California adults 45 years old and older: 26,522 non-Hispanic whites, 1,686 African American\/blacks, 2,565 Asian\/Pacific Islanders (1,741 English-proficient; 824 limited English-proficient), and 2,416 Latinos (1,538 English-proficient; 878 limited English-proficient).<\/p>\n
MAIN MEASURES: Self-report leisure-time physical activity (moderate and vigorous) and daily consumption of fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n
KEY RESULTS: Racial\/ethnic minorities generally engaged in less healthy exercise and dietary behaviors than whites, with differences more pronounced in middle adulthood. The disparities were the greatest among English-proficient minorities. Specifically, among middle-aged respondents, all racial\/ethnic minorities engaged in less vigorous physical activity than whites (ORs range = 0.28 to 0.73; 95% CI range = 0.16-1.00). Additionally, middle-aged, English-proficient minorities engaged in less moderate physical activity compared to whites (ORs range =0.57 to 0.67; 95% CI range = 0.45-0.79). Furthermore, middle-aged, English-proficient Latinos had a poorer diet than whites (OR = 0.54; 0.39-0.75). Few significant racial\/ethnic differences emerged in the exercise and dietary behaviors of older adults.<\/p>\n
CONCLUSIONS: Racial\/ethnic disparities in exercise and dietary behaviors are most notable among middle-aged, acculturated minorities. Results highlight the need to promote positive exercise and dietary behaviors during critical preventive ages, when racial\/ethnic disparities are large and the potential to prevent chronic disease is great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","mots_cles":[],"class_list":["post-40130","resume","type-resume","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"adresse":"Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine, 100 Theory, Suite 110, Irvine, CA, 92617, USA.","annee":"2010","mois":"9","numero":"","page":"","auteurs":[{"ID":40129,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-04 02:09:18","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-04 01:09:18","post_content":"","post_title":"August","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"august","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-04 02:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-04 01:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/auteur\/august\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"auteur_resume","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":36989,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-04 01:09:42","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-04 00:09:42","post_content":"","post_title":"Sorkin","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"sorkin","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-04 01:09:42","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-04 00:09:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/auteur\/sorkin\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"auteur_resume","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"sources":[{"ID":34156,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-04 00:23:48","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-03 23:23:48","post_content":"","post_title":"J GEN INTERN MED.","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"j-gen-intern-med","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-04 00:23:48","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-03 23:23:48","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/source\/j-gen-intern-med\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"source","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}]},"yoast_head":"\n