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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adolescent, Adult, Age Distribution, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Attitude to Health, Exercise, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Physical Fitness, Sex Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult.
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Is exercise engagement differentially motivated by age-dependent factors? Context: To examine exercise engagement motives from adolescence throughout the adult life span using the Exercise Motivation Inventory 2 questionnaire. Two hundred fifty-five (255) participants, 13 - 84 years and equally representing both genders, were grouped by age and sex. An age-dependent engagement in voluntary exercise was observed. Young adults engage in exercise based on interpersonal motives, whereas exercise engagement in middle age is associated with body-related motives and psychological motives. Health motives influence exercise engagement beyond middle age whereas fitness motives underpin exercise engagement throughout the life span beyond childhood.
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Data indicate age-dependent motivational factors for exercise engagement that may hold important implications for exercise adherence and engagement strategies. Final Decision: yes