¹Ma Mengqi,²Doris Padmini Selvaratnam

^1,2Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v6-i6-64

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ABSTRACT

China has the largest group of elderly people in the world. With the deepening of aging in China, having a healthy lifestyle is an indispensable key factor to achieve healthy aging. In order to explore the health status and the influencing factors of the health status of the elderly in China, this paper takes the healthy behaviors characteristics of the elderly in China as the research object and uses the data of the Chinese general social survey (CGSS) in 2021 to study the health status of the elderly and the influencing factors of healthy behaviors on their healthy lifestyle. It is found that sports and mental health behaviors have a positive and significant impact on their healthy lifestyle. Based on the conclusion, this paper puts forward relevant suggestions in order to further improve the health level and health awareness of the elderly, and improve the elderly's quality of life.

KEYWORDS:

Healthy lifestyle, elderly people, healthy behavior, influencing factors

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