Public Health Nutrition: 19(9), 1674–1683
doi:10.1017/S1368980015003742
Associations of food consumption, serum vitamins and metabolic syndrome risk with physical activity level in middle-aged adults: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2006 Jihyun E Choi* and Barbara E Ainsworth Exercise Science and Health Promotion, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Arizona State University, ASU Mail Code 3020, 500 N. 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA Submitted 11 November 2014: Final revision received 1 November 2015: Accepted 16 December 2015: First published online 17 February 2016
Abstract Objective: To examine the associations of food consumption, serum vitamins and metabolic syndrome risk with physical activity level in middle-aged adults. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2006. Subjects: Adults aged 40–70 years were divided into three groups by tertile of accelerometer-determined steps/d (in men and women, respectively): tertile 1 (sedentary),
doi:10.1017/S1368980015003742
Associations of food consumption, serum vitamins and metabolic syndrome risk with physical activity level in middle-aged adults: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2006 Jihyun E Choi* and Barbara E Ainsworth Exercise Science and Health Promotion, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Arizona State University, ASU Mail Code 3020, 500 N. 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA Submitted 11 November 2014: Final revision received 1 November 2015: Accepted 16 December 2015: First published online 17 February 2016
Abstract Objective: To examine the associations of food consumption, serum vitamins and metabolic syndrome risk with physical activity level in middle-aged adults. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2006. Subjects: Adults aged 40–70 years were divided into three groups by tertile of accelerometer-determined steps/d (in men and women, respectively): tertile 1 (sedentary),
