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- Title
Leisure Time Physical Activity, Screen Time, Social Background, and Environmental Variables in Adolescents.
- Authors
Mota, Jorge; Gomes, Helena; Almeida, Mariana; Ribeiro, José Carlos; Santos, Maria Paula
- Abstract
This study analyzes the relationships between leisure time physical activity (LTPA), sedentary behaviors, socioeconomic status, and perceived environmental variables. The sample comprised 815 girls and 746 boys. In girls, non-LTPA participants reported significantly more screen time. Girls with safety concerns were more likely to be in the non-LTPA group (OR = 0.60) and those who agreed with the importance of aesthetics were more likely to be in the active-LTPA group (OR = 1.59). In girls, an increase of 1 hr of TV watching was a significant predictor of non-LTPA (OR = 0.38). LTPA for girls, but not for boys, seems to be influenced by certain modifiable factors of the built environment, as well as by time watching TV.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL fitness research; HEALTH behavior in adolescence; SOCIAL status; LEISURE research; EXERCISE -- Social aspects; ANTHROPOMETRY; ADOLESCENT health
- Publication
Pediatric Exercise Science, 2007, Vol 19, Issue 3, p279
- ISSN
0899-8493
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/pes.19.3.279