Aging, Retirement, and Changes in Physical Activity: Prospective Cohort Findings from the GLOBE Study

Slingerland, Annabelle S.; Lenthe, Frank J. van; Jukema, J. Wouter; Kamphuis, Carlijn B. M.; Looman, Caspar W.N.; Giskes, Kathrina; Huisman, Martijn; Narayan, K.M. Venkat; Mackenbach, Johan P.; Brug, Johannes

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“…The influence of confounding from medical history should therefore be limited and the result thus compatible with a causal relationship between retirement and survival. One explanation behind this finding could be that retirement leads to adaptation of a less healthy lifestyle and this may increase the risk of CVD [9,10]. Notably, retirement was not associated with increased mortality in women in manual occupations.…”

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Late retirement is not associated with increased mortality, results based on all Swedish retirements 1991–2007

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Late retirement is not associated with increased mortality, results based on all Swedish retirements 1991–2007

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“…2,5,19,22,35]. Moreover, studies have also been conducted which deal with physical activity and ageing [14,50,52]. Dishman [18], for example, explores determinants of physical activity and exercise for persons of 65 years and older.…”

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Socio-economic patterns of sport demand and ageing

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Eur Rev Aging Phys Act

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Due to the demographic situation in nowadays societies, physical activity, and sport expenditure have to be analysed from a demographic as well as socioeconomical perspective. This means that determinants such as age, gender, nationality/ethnicity, income, time, educational level, profession, and social status have to be taken into account. However, when comparing the various studies, the different methods of analysis and different operationalisation of variables have to be considered. This is in particular vital investigating age. Whilst cross-sectional studies point out that physical activity generally decreases with increasing age, longitudinal analyses come to different results. Previous studies indicate that pertaining to gender more men take part in sports than women. However, considering period and cohort effects, recent longitudinal studies showed that women participate more in sport than in the past. Besides, it was found out that men generally tend to spend more money on sports than women do. A further finding is that the educational level influences physical activity positively. Research revealed that income had a positive impact on both, physical activity and sport expenditure.

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“…However, it remains unclear whether age reflects the process of ageing, differences across birth cohorts or the impact of specific life-course transitions (16)(17)(18)(19) such as retirement. Studies on the transition to retirement have shown its positive impact on health outcomes such as self-rated health (20) and sleep (21) , but results are unclear regarding physical activity (22,23) or alcohol consumption (24) . In a cohort of 1200 Finnish civil servants, Helldán et al (25) found an increase in healthy food habits in retired women but not in retired men.…”

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Ageing, retirement and changes in vegetable consumption in France: findings from the prospective GAZEL cohort

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The aim of this study was to describe the change in vegetable consumption with ageing and the transition to retirement. Study subjects were the participants of the GAZEL prospective cohort (Gaz and Électricité de France) aged 40-49 years at inclusion in 1989 who retired between 1991 and 2008 (12 942 men and 2739 women). Four FFQ were completed from 1990 to 2009. We used multiple imputation by chained equations in order to avoid dropping incomplete cases. The OR for eating vegetables everyday was estimated as a function of ageing, retirement status and the place of lunch before retirement through generalised estimating equations. Analyses were stratified by sex, and models were adjusted for confounders, including current spousal status. In 1990, 17·7 % of men and 31 % of women reported eating vegetables daily. The odds of consuming vegetables everyday increased with ageing for both men and women. The usual place of lunch was home for less than half the sample before retirement and for almost every respondent after retirement. For those who changed their place of lunch, the association between being retired and the odds of eating vegetables daily was positive and significant. We found that, in this cohort, vegetable consumption increased with ageing. Retirement had an indirect effect on vegetable consumption mediated by changes in the place of lunch.Key words: Ageing: Vegetable consumption: Retirement: Multiple imputations: Meal place: GAZEL prospective cohort Vegetables are a major focus of current nutritional guidelines in developed countries because higher intakes can help protect from a wide range of non-communicable diseases (1) . Recent findings suggest that only 12 % of the Americans meet the official dietary guidelines for vegetable intake (2) and that the British consumed on average 135 g/d of vegetables, 100 g/d below the UK guidelines (3) . In France, vegetable intakes appear to be higher, close to the levels reported in Southern European countries (4) , with 55 % of the population eating more than two servings (160 g) daily (5) . Barriers to vegetable consumption include cost, poor nutritional knowledge and limited cooking time and skills (6)(7)(8) . Although people spend more time in food preparation in France than in many other European countries (9) , these factors are also associated with lower vegetable consumption (5,10,11) .Cross-sectional surveys suggest a strong association between age and vegetable consumption in France and elsewhere (5,(12)(13)(14)(15) . However, it remains unclear whether age reflects the process of ageing, differences across birth cohorts or the impact of specific life-course transitions (16)(17)(18)(19) such as retirement. Studies on the transition to retirement have shown its positive impact on health outcomes such as self-rated health (20) and sleep (21) , but results are unclear regarding physical activity (22,23) or alcohol consumption (24) . In a cohort of 1200 Finnish civil servants, Helldán et al. (25) found an increase in healthy food habits in retired wom...

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Aging, Retirement, and Changes in Physical Activity: Prospective Cohort Findings from the GLOBE Study

Cited by 139 publications

References 20 publications

Late retirement is not associated with increased mortality, results based on all Swedish retirements 1991–2007

Late retirement is not associated with increased mortality, results based on all Swedish retirements 1991–2007

Socio-economic patterns of sport demand and ageing

Ageing, retirement and changes in vegetable consumption in France: findings from the prospective GAZEL cohort

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