Physical Activity in Vietnam: Estimates and Measurement Issues

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Tan Van Bui · Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Christopher Leigh Blizzard · University of Tasmania

Khue Ngoc Luong · Ministry of Health

Ngoc Le Van Truong · Ministry of Health

Tran Quoc Bao · Ministry of Health

Petr Otáhal · University of Tasmania

Velandai Srikanth

Abstract

Around seven-in-ten Vietnamese people aged 25-64 years met WHO recommendations for total PA, which was mainly from work activities and higher in rural areas. Nearly all respondents were able to report their activity using the GPAQ, but with some exaggerated values and seasonal variation in reporting. Data transformation provided plausible summary values, but energy-scaling fared best in association analyses.

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Physical Activity and Health Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Cardiovascular and exercise physiology

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Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 10, Issue 10, pp. e0140941-e0140941

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140941

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