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dc.contributor.authorSarkar, Swrajit*
dc.contributor.authorEllahi, Basma*
dc.contributor.authorZotor, Francis B.*
dc.contributor.authorAmuna, Paul*
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-07T10:26:16Z
dc.date.available2017-04-07T10:26:16Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-09
dc.identifier.citationSarkar, S., Ellahi, B., Zotor, F. B., & Amuna, P. (2017). Decreasing physical activity levels across religious Sikh male South asian migrant population in Kent, UK: A public health concern. Journal of Health Management, 19(4), 610-624. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972063417727612
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0972063417727612
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/620472
dc.description.abstractPhysical activity (PA) plays a crucial role in reducing the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). We investigated intergenerational physical activity level (PAL) among first and second generation Sikh Punjabi male subjects (n=137), recruited from two Sikh temples in Medway, UK. Employing a cross sectional survey PA was quantified using the validated Global PA Questionnaire (GPAQ). Data were analysed using SPSS 20 and Epi Info software. 91% of the subjects were classified as overweight. Mean physical activity level (PAL) range was sedentary to low levels of PA (1.45 – 1.60). Comparisons between first and second generation Punjabi male subjects showed that the two groups are equally culpable in not engaging in work-related or recreational PA, but for the second generation this is significantly lower. Low PAL is a contributory factor to increased risk and prevalence of NCDs among this population and a public health concern. Efforts to increase PA in this group should continue.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen
dc.relation.urlhttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0972063417727612en
dc.subjectSouth Asianen
dc.subjectIntergenerationalen
dc.subjectAcculturationen
dc.subjectNutrition transitionen
dc.subjectIndianen
dc.titleDecreasing physical activity levels across religious Sikh male South asian migrant population in Kent, UK: A public health concernen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.eissn0973-0729
dc.contributor.departmentLeeds Trinity University; University of Chester; University of Health and Allied Sciences; University of Greenwich
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Health Management
dc.date.accepted2017-03-06
or.grant.openaccessYesen
rioxxterms.funderUnfundeden
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUnfundeden
rioxxterms.versionAMen
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2017-10-09
html.description.abstractPhysical activity (PA) plays a crucial role in reducing the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). We investigated intergenerational physical activity level (PAL) among first and second generation Sikh Punjabi male subjects (n=137), recruited from two Sikh temples in Medway, UK. Employing a cross sectional survey PA was quantified using the validated Global PA Questionnaire (GPAQ). Data were analysed using SPSS 20 and Epi Info software. 91% of the subjects were classified as overweight. Mean physical activity level (PAL) range was sedentary to low levels of PA (1.45 – 1.60). Comparisons between first and second generation Punjabi male subjects showed that the two groups are equally culpable in not engaging in work-related or recreational PA, but for the second generation this is significantly lower. Low PAL is a contributory factor to increased risk and prevalence of NCDs among this population and a public health concern. Efforts to increase PA in this group should continue.


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