老年友好环境与身体活动的研究综述

适当的身体活动对于维持和提高老年人的健康和功能水平具有重要作用,而积极良好的环境被认为是促进老年人身体活动的关键因素。因此,老年友好环境建设是世界卫生组织(WHO)提出的应对人口老龄化的重要策略。总结归纳了老年友好环境与身体活动研究的相关文献,论述了老年友好环境包含的物质环境、社会环境和服务环境3个方面对于老年人身体活动水平的影响机制,以期为老年友好环境建设和促进老年人身体活动领域提供新思路和方向。

Review on Age-friendly Environments and Physical Activities

The proper physical activity plays an important role in maintaining or improving the health and functional level of the elderly, and the favorable and benign environment is considered to be a key factor to promote physical activities for the elderly. Therefore, the construction of age-friendly environment is an important strategy proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to deal with the aging of population. This paper summarizes the relevant research literature on age-friendly environments and physical activities, and discusses the impacts of the age-friendly environment, including the physical environment, social environment and service environment, on the level of physical activi- ty among the elderly population, so as to provide fresh ideas and guidance for the construction of age-friendly environment and the promotion of physical activities for the elderly.