Further, in line with past research [ 37 ] older adults were more likely to be of healthy weight compared to younger adults which was approaching significance.
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8-year trends in physical activity, nutrition, TV viewing time, smoking, alcohol and BMI: A comparison of younger and older Queensland adults.
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Further, the age gap in nutrition behaviours is closing as an increasing trend of fast food consumption and a decreasing trend of fruit and vegetable intake was seen in older adults.
Whilst the trend of a decreasing number of both younger and older adults with low TV viewing time and of normal weight is in line with past research [ 19 ], the trend of a decreasing number of both younger and older adults meeting the physical activity recommendations is not in line with past research which found an increasing trend in many high income countries [ 15 , 20 , 21 ].