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The relative contribution of environmental and personal factors in explaining physical activity in the “oldest olds”
Code
3F029012
Duration
01 October 2012 → 30 September 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Education curriculum
Keywords
oldest olds GPS physical environment physical activity
 
Project description
 



Promoting active lifestyles is an important strategy to prolong independent living in the oldest olds. Ecological models describe that behavior is influenced by both personal and environmental factors. This research therefore focuses on (changes in) personal and environmental correlates of physical activity in this age group, by conducting a cross-sectional study, a longitudinal study and a “natural experiment”.