The Current Situation Of Physical Exercise Of The Elderly In Nanjing Urban Area And Its Influence On Self - Rated Health

By the end of 2011,Nanjing city household registration elderly aged 60 and above has reached 1111600 people, the aging of the population rate of more than 20%. Faced with the aging of the population trends in the future Nanjing City sharp acceleration, the elderly fitness and the elderly sports public service more and more issues of government, society and every member of society’s attention. A comprehensive understanding of the status quo of physical exercise of the elderly in Nanjing City, and physical exercise on the health effects, is a positive response to the aging population, improve the quality of life of the elderly in Nanjing City, has far-reaching significance to construct Nanjing characteristics of the elderly sports public service system.In this study the old urban area of Nanjing city as the research object, using the method of literature, questionnaire and mathematical statistics and other research methods, the current situation of present situation, the population aging in Nanjing for the elderly in Nanjing to participate in physical exercise, conducted a survey analysis and the relationship between physical exercise and the elderly self testing health, Study concluded that:(1) Nanjing is one of our country entered the aging city ranks the earliest city, compared with other regions and the developed countries, population aging in Nanjing city development and has the characteristics of large base, fast growth and aging etc.;(2) compared with other city, the elderly physical exercises in Nanjing City, the participation rate is low, the primary motivation of participation in physical exercise is to enhance physical fitness, sports and hobbies and friends around the biggest effect on its participation in physical exercise; participating in physical exercise program selection, mainly jogging, walking and mountain climbing fitness long project; sports venues is the main park, plaza and the residential space; the main forms of participation in a personal (don’t) exercise; The elderly to participate in physical exercise in Nanjing City, the average age of 12 years, the elderly over 6 times weekly exercise accounted for more than half of the participating in the exercise of the elderly, and also the most old people each exercise is more than or equal to 60 minutes; on the sports consumption of the elderly, the annual average level of sports consumption reached 756 yuan, the proportion of sports consumption of the aged in the 100-500 yuan between the most, mainly for the purchase of sports clothing and sports equipment; In the not to participate,in physical exercise in the elderly, half to elderly people to participate in the future to participate in sports activities shilly-shally, there are also a considerable part of the elderly to participate in sports activities in the future, only a few elderly people do not intend to participate in sports activities, including "no interest, lack of leisure time and inappropriate training method" is the main reason for not participating in sports activities. (3) participating in physical exercise in healthy elderly self testing and self testing scores of physiological health, psychological health, social health, and each dimension scores were significantly higher than those without participating in physical exercise for the elderly; physical exercise duration, frequency, time and form and the elderly self testing health score significant relationship, long-term participation, together form more than 6 times weekly exercise, every time duration>30 minutes of exercise to maintain physical and mental health of the elderly is beneficial.