Grant: Project Grant

This project aims to address two current knowledge gaps that could help improve physical activity and nutrition interventions in older adults. First, we seek to better understand how one health behavior can become a gateway to healthier lifestyles more generally versus who thinks that they can afford breaking their diet when they have been particularly active on a given day (or vice versa). Second, we recognize that physical activity and eating are social activities, which raises the question of how older adults can recruit currently underutilized social resources that make them more successful at engaging in multiple health behaviors. The knowledge gained will help design interventions that are tailored to the specific needs of older adults.