Healthy lifestyle over the life course

Population trends and individual changes over 30 years of the Doetinchem Cohort Study

Bibliographic Data

ID22068804
AuthorsEdith E Schermer (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment), Peter M Engelfriet, Peter Engelfriet (0000-0001-7221-3599, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment), Anneke Blokstra (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment), W M Monique Verschuren (0000-0003-2134-4227, University Medical Center Utrecht), H Susan J Picavet (0000-0002-6895-165X, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume10
Pages966155-966155
Publication date2022-09-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2022.966155
PMID36159268
OpenAlexW4295181165
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited28

For five health-related lifestyle factors (physical activity, weight, smoking, sleep, and alcohol consumption) we describe both population trends and individual changes over a period of 30 years in the same adult population. Dichotomous indicators (healthy/unhealthy) of lifestyle were analyzed for 3,139 participants measured every 5 years in the Doetinchem Cohort Study (1987–2017). Population trends over 30 years in physical inactivity and “unhealthy” alcohol consumption were flat (i.e., stable); overweight and unhealthy sleep prevalence increased; smoking prevalence decreased. The proportion of the population being healthy on all five lifestyle factors declined from 17% in the round 1 to 10.8% in round 6. Underlying these trends a dynamic pattern of changes at the individual level was seen: sleep duration and physical activity level changed in almost half of the individuals; Body Mass Index (BMI) and alcohol consumption in one-third; smoking in one-fourth. Population trends don't give insight into change at the individual level. In order to be able to gauge the potential for change of health-related lifestyle, it is important to take changes at the individual level into account

Cohort · Cohort study · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Life course approach · Population · Sociology · Demography · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Physical Activity and Health · Psychology · Gerontology · Internal Medicine

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