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In the March/April issue of Active Aging Today, we cover several fascinating initiatives across the globe. In this issue, Mi-Ji Kim, PhD, and Kiyoji Tanaka, PhD, share how their research is helping elderly adults in day care live healthier and more independent lives. We want to hear from professionals who develop activity programs, practitioners who conduct exercise programs, researchers who study the aging population, and other innovative professionals doing work that helps the world age ...
Event sport tourism is not the only type of tourism to have an effect on a host community. The sustainability of most events may lie in the social dimensions, particularly enhanced community spirit, increased patriotism, and even an experienced event volunteer labor force that has the skills necessary to help with future events hosted by the community. Chernushenko argued that the Lillehammer Olympic Games provided a good example of event sport tourism and environmentalism that future events...
Regardless of the uncertainty in the tennis forecast for the final Major of 2011, corporate America continues to love pro tennis and the U.S. Open. World #3 and popular U.S. Open defending champion Kim Clijsters is injured and unable to defend her title, Serena Williams is a low-seeded threat—a Tropical Storm at the moment. Regardless of the uncertainty in the tennis forecast for the final Major of 2011, corporate America continues to love pro tennis and the U.S. Open, its healthy TV ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate determinants contributing to high level of physical fitness in religious people. Therefore, it is important to determine how Buddhist nuns could maintain good health-related physical fitness compared with sedentary, healthy middle-aged women who live in urban areas. The results showed that Buddhist nuns tended to have higher physical fitness compared with sedentary women.
This study evaluated the effect of a community-based exercise program for sedentary older adults in Korea. As one of the strategies, the Korean National Health Insurance Corporation has been performing 12-week community-based exercise programs for older adults since October 2005. Exercise groups completed one of 26 twelve-week low-intensity aerobic exercise programs at 12 community setting.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between selected physical fitness variables and BMI in older Korean women. Based on percentile rank of BMI, subjects were categorized into three groups: (1) low BMI (18.5-22.9 kg/m2), (2) middle BMI (23-24.9 kg/m2), and (3) high BMI (25-30 kg/m2). Physical fitness was evaluated by using the following measurements: flexibility (BS-back scratch, SR-sit and reach), agility/balance (UG-timed up-and-go, SLO-single leg balance with eyes...
The aim of this study was to examine the structure of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among the elderly. Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the structure of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among the elderly. Results: The explanatory power of the path analysis model was 32% for physical QoL and 16% for mental QoL.
This study suggests that the factors examined as determinants of bond mass in this study could not completely explain the loss of BMD with age, since the level of physical activity and diet were not investigated. Numerous studies have reported age-related increases in body weight and fatness and decreases in bone mineral density (BMD) after young adulthood. However, age-related trends in BMD and body composition among Koreans have not been studied sufficiently.
