Leisure questionnaire with a reflection paper(1pg); changes in leisure activity with aging lecture

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Changes with Leisure Activity and Aging

RCEA 435

What is Leisure?

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Notice, 2-3 hours on TV

30 min on games

Sport/Exercise lowest on the list after thinking

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Worse:

Here we see the older adults spend more time on TV and less on exercise and sport.

More time on reading and thinking

Leisure-Time Aerobic Activity

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Worse:

Here we see the older adults spend more time on TV and less on exercise and sport.

More time on reading and thinking

We know that watching more TV is associated with CVD, elevated cholesterol, obesity, etc…

Obesity and TV watching in Older Adults

Table 2. Associations between time spent in sedentary behaviors (min/day) and cognitive function (N = 2,579) a.

Kesse-Guyot E, Charreire H, Andreeva VA, Touvier M, Hercberg S, et al. (2012) Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations of Different Sedentary Behaviors with Cognitive Performance in Older Adults. PLOS ONE 7(10): e47831. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047831

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0047831

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Examples of Leisure Activities