"We have lower levels of physical activity than you would expect.
First, people who take midday naps are likely to have lower levels of physical activity, and lack of exercise is a predictor of heart disease.
In addition, persons with COPD are at risk for lower levels of physical activity, leading to further morbidity and mortality.
Compromised motor coordination contributes to lower levels of physical activity, which is associated with elevated body fat.
They tended to report lower levels of physical and psychological wellbeing; and to see themselves as socially inferior, both in comparison to their local community and to the nation as a whole.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients have lower levels of physical activity compared to age-matched controls, and they limit physical activities requiring normal exertion.
Migrants attributed their lower levels of physical activity to changes in lifestyle due to migration and reported having problems adjusting to these changes.
Non-white-and/or Hispanic youth had lower levels of physical HRQOL than did white non-Hispanic youth.
Some people are genetically predisposed to be hungrier, to absorb more nutrients, to have a slower metabolism, or to prefer lower levels of physical activity.
In males, lower body satisfaction predicted higher levels of dieting, healthy, unhealthy, and very unhealthy weight control behaviors, binge eating, and smoking, and lower levels of physical activity.
Multiple regression analysis indicated that lower levels of physical activity were associated with more severe depressive symptoms (p =.04), after adjusting for age and gender.
