Distinct trajectories of leisure time physical activity and predictors of trajectory class membership: a 22 year cohort study

Barnett, Tracie A.; Gauvin, Lise; Craig, Cora L.; Katzmarzyk, Peter T.

doi:10.1186/1479-5868-5-57

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“…The different sporting life-courses by social group may also explain the contrasting results across longitudinal studies regarding the effects of various background characteristics on the likelihood of increased or decreased activity (e.g. Barnett et al, 2008). The precise ages, especially around adolescence, at which activity is recorded will have large consequences for the relationships estimated when comparing repeated snapshots of participation.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…These findings suggests that while habits formed when young do influence participation in sports and exercise in later life, transitions in participation between childhood and adulthood are likely to be important. Transitions during young adulthood appear to limit the tracking of physical activity during adulthood to moderate levels also (Anderssen, Jacobs, Sidney, Bild, Sternfeld, Slattery et al, 1996;Barnett, Gauvin, Craig & Katzmarzyk, 2008). Although the strength of the relationship between physical activity and obesity remains contentious (e.g.…”

Section: Determinants Of Participation In Sports and Exercisementioning

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“…For example, Barnett et al (2008) comment that different studies have found low socio-economic status to be associated with both increasing and decreasing activity. A possible explanation is offered here.…”

Section: Determinants Of Participation In Sports and Exercisementioning

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The sports and exercise life-course: A survival analysis of recall data from Ireland

Lunn

2010

Social Science & Medicine

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Recall data from a representative sample of 3080 adults in Ireland is used to investigate transitions into and out of regular participation in sports and exercise -an important contributor to overall physical activity. The method produces a continuous picture of participation across the life-course, allowing key transition periods in the life-course to be identified and the determinants of transitions to be analysed with multivariate models. Late adolescence emerges as an important period, when many people drop out from team sports, especially females. Participation in adulthood mostly involves taking up individual sports and exercise activities. The likelihood of making this transition is strongly associated with socio-economic status. Transitions in activity during adulthood do not display significant sex differences, suggesting that the gender gap for involvement in sports and exercise has its roots in childhood. The method also allows age and cohort effects to be distinguished, revealing higher participation among more recent cohorts. The findings must be interpreted carefully, since they are reliant on the accuracy of personal recall. Yet they have implications for how physical activity policy applies over the life-course, suggesting possible returns to targeting lower socio-economic groups in early adulthood, to offering a broader range of activities to young females, and to researching and promoting those activities most likely to be of interest to current young adults as they age.-2 -The health benefits of physical activity are well established. Higher levels of activity are associated with reduced risks of coronary heart disease (Batty, 2002), stroke (Wendel-Vos, Schuit, Feskens, Boshuizen, Verschuren, Saris et al., 2004), diabetes (Jeon, Lokken, Hu & van Dam, 2007), various cancers (e.g. Tardon, Lee, DelgadoRodriguez, Dosemeci, Albanes, Hoover et al., 2005;Monninkhof, Elias, Vlems, van der Tweel, Schuit, Voskuil et al., 2007) and improved skeletal health (Branca, 1999).Evidence for these and other health benefits has been extensively reviewed in the United States by the Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee (2008), which concluded that there was very strong evidence linking physical activity to better health-related fitness, lower risk of developing disabling medical conditions and lower rates of various chronic diseases.Increasing physical activity is a medical recommendation and a public health policy objective (e.g. World Health Organization, 2002). Physical activity policies across the developed world look to participation in sports and exercise activities as an important part of leisure-time physical activity. Public health policy can therefore gain from improved understanding of why some people participate in sports and exercise and others do not. Determinants of participation in sports and exerciseRecognition of the link between physical activity and health has inspired a considerable research effort, part of which aims to understand the determinants of participation in sports ...

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Section: Determinants Of Participation In Sports and Exercisementioning

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The sports and exercise life-course: A survival analysis of recall data from Ireland

Lunn

2010

Social Science & Medicine

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“…Existe evidencia que la práctica de actividad física (AF) regular y una adecuada AFRS previene enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles y mejoran la calidad de vida puesto que producen cambios positivos en las funciones biológicas y fisiológicas del cuerpo humano (1)(2)(3). Se entiende AFRS como la habilidad que tienen los individuos para realizar las actividades de la vida diaria de forma activa y vigorosa sin fatigarse excesivamente, así como la capacidad de responder rápida y adecuadamente ante situaciones inesperadas de estrés (4).…”

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Aptitud física relacionada con salud en los estudiantes de primer semestre académico de un programa de fisioterapia, 2007

Ariza-García¹,

Boneth-Collante²,

Parra-Patiño³

2014

Rev. Fac. Cienc. Salud UDES

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“…Adequate levels of physical fitness and physical activity have been shown to be protective factors against several diseases and to promote good quality of life [1][2][3] .…”

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Aptidão física, idade e estado nutricional em militares

Teixeira¹,

Pereira²

2010

Arq. Bras. Cardiol.

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Distinct trajectories of leisure time physical activity and predictors of trajectory class membership: a 22 year cohort study

Cited by 103 publications

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The sports and exercise life-course: A survival analysis of recall data from Ireland

The sports and exercise life-course: A survival analysis of recall data from Ireland

Aptitud física relacionada con salud en los estudiantes de primer semestre académico de un programa de fisioterapia, 2007

Aptidão física, idade e estado nutricional em militares

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