"One possible explanation could be the concurrent decrease in physical activity and increase in sedentary behaviour over the same time frame".
A cross-cultural study of 10,000 respondents across the UK and the US found that people reported better mental quality of life as they age, despite a decrease in physical quality of life.
When we look at how physical activity has changed over the past 50 years, there has been a global decrease in physical activity and an increase in sedentary behaviour (time spent sitting).
The World Health Organization, in discussing the root causes of obesity, has cited a "decrease in physical activity due to the increasingly sedentary nature of many forms of work, changing modes of transportation and increasing urbanization".
One patient mentioned a decrease in physical stress after operation, but no pain.
These findings are consistent with other studies that have showed a decrease in physical and functional limitations of the patients.
Biomimetic patterned surfaces lower intrinsic adhesion and friction via hydrophobicity (i.e. reduction in surface energy) and decrease in physical contact area between surfaces.
In females, a decrease in physical activity and the presence of aura seem to be more common, whereas in males vomiting and phonophobia occur more frequently [9].
The rheological spectra of collagen solutions demonstrate that the storage modulus decreases with increasing cinnamate content, owing to a decrease in physical crosslinking.
Urbanization is associated with behavioural changes such as eating an unhealthy diet, and a decrease in physical activities, which may result in associated obesity.
I had been plagued by apathy of my mind, and a decrease in physical strength.
