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Combined Impacts of Physical Activity, Dietary Variety, and Social Interaction on Incident Functional Disability in Older Japanese Adults
Authors
Satoshi Seino, Yu Nofuji, Yuri Yokoyama, Takumi Abe, Mariko Nishi, Mari Yamashita, Miki Narita, Toshiki Hata, Shoji Shinkai, Akihiko Kitamura, Yoshinori Fujiwara
J-Stage
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/33/7/33_JE20210392/_article
PMC
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10257989/
Highlights
- Combined public health impact of physical activity, dietary variety, and social interaction on incident functional disability are unclear.
- Functional disability risk was gradually reduced with increasing number of satisfying these three behaviors, in an inverse dose-response manner.
- If all participants adhered to all three behaviors, 3.6-year functional disability would reduce by 16.0% (95% confidence interval, 8.7-22.8%).
- Improving insufficient behavior elements through individual habits and preexisting social group activities may be effective in preventing disability in the community.
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