Assessing walking steps and its relationship with nutritional status among adults in Kuala Terengganu

To date, 10,000 steps per day are extensively promoted as a target for achieving health-related benefits. Despite mounting evidence on the numerous health benefits provided by sufficient physical activities, little is known about physical activity levels in terms of walking steps of adults in Kual...

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Main Authors:	Leong, Rhu Chyi, Asma’ Ali, Noor Salihah Zakaria, Hayati Mohd Yusof
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Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
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spelling	ukm-123672018-11-30T11:10:23Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12367/ Assessing walking steps and its relationship with nutritional status among adults in Kuala Terengganu Leong, Rhu Chyi Asma’ Ali, Noor Salihah Zakaria, Hayati Mohd Yusof, To date, 10,000 steps per day are extensively promoted as a target for achieving health-related benefits. Despite mounting evidence on the numerous health benefits provided by sufficient physical activities, little is known about physical activity levels in terms of walking steps of adults in Kuala Terengganu and the relationship between activity levels and nutritional status. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess daily walking steps taken as well as the relationship with nutritional status among 100 adults in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. Walking activity was assessed using an Omron HJ-005 pedometer, while nutritional status was assessed through BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting glucose and serum lipid concentration. On average, participants recorded 5796 (4186) steps per day, below the recommended target of 10,000 walking steps goal. There was no significant relationship found between number of walking steps and nutritional status. Remarkably, daily walking steps were found to be significantly correlated with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), where r = 0.26, p < 0.01, indicating that pedometers are good indicators of physical activity levels. Nonetheless, an awareness program to increase the level of leisure-type physical activities such as walking is much encouraged in this population. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12367/1/46_03_15.pdf Leong, Rhu Chyi and Asma’ Ali, and Noor Salihah Zakaria, and Hayati Mohd Yusof, (2017) Assessing walking steps and its relationship with nutritional status among adults in Kuala Terengganu. Malaysian Applied Biology, 46 (3). pp. 113-121. ISSN 0126-8643 http://mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=674&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56
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description	To date, 10,000 steps per day are extensively promoted as a target for achieving health-related benefits. Despite mounting evidence on the numerous health benefits provided by sufficient physical activities, little is known about physical activity levels in terms of walking steps of adults in Kuala Terengganu and the relationship between activity levels and nutritional status. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess daily walking steps taken as well as the relationship with nutritional status among 100 adults in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. Walking activity was assessed using an Omron HJ-005 pedometer, while nutritional status was assessed through BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting glucose and serum lipid concentration. On average, participants recorded 5796 (4186) steps per day, below the recommended target of 10,000 walking steps goal. There was no significant relationship found between number of walking steps and nutritional status. Remarkably, daily walking steps were found to be significantly correlated with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), where r = 0.26, p < 0.01, indicating that pedometers are good indicators of physical activity levels. Nonetheless, an awareness program to increase the level of leisure-type physical activities such as walking is much encouraged in this population.
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author_facet	Leong, Rhu Chyi Asma’ Ali, Noor Salihah Zakaria, Hayati Mohd Yusof,
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title	Assessing walking steps and its relationship with nutritional status among adults in Kuala Terengganu
title_short	Assessing walking steps and its relationship with nutritional status among adults in Kuala Terengganu
title_full	Assessing walking steps and its relationship with nutritional status among adults in Kuala Terengganu
title_fullStr	Assessing walking steps and its relationship with nutritional status among adults in Kuala Terengganu
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing walking steps and its relationship with nutritional status among adults in Kuala Terengganu
title_sort	assessing walking steps and its relationship with nutritional status among adults in kuala terengganu
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2017
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Assessing walking steps and its relationship with nutritional status among adults in Kuala Terengganu

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