2023
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-023-01430-4
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Leisure-time physical activity trajectories from adolescence to adulthood in relation to several activity domains: a 27-year longitudinal study

Abstract: Background Insufficient physical activity (PA) levels among adolescents and adults make promoting PA a public health priority. Although most people exhibit low or decreasing levels of PA, other groups increase or maintain high levels of activity. These different groups may engage differently in activity domains during their leisure time. This study aimed to identify distinct trajectories of leisure-time vigorous physical activity (LVPA) and to explore whether these trajectories are characterise… Show more

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“…The second item was assessing students’ amount of out-of-school MVPA (e.g., “Outside school hours: How many hours do you usually exercise in your free time, so much that you get out of breath or sweat?”) and participants answered on a 6-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 6 (about 7 h per week). Both items have been used in large epidemiological studies of the WHO’s Health Behaviour in Schoolchildren (HBSC) survey [ 72 , 73 ], have shown acceptable reliability and validity [ 71 , 74 ], and have already been used in the Greek language [ 75 ] to capture adolescents’ PA levels.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The second item was assessing students’ amount of out-of-school MVPA (e.g., “Outside school hours: How many hours do you usually exercise in your free time, so much that you get out of breath or sweat?”) and participants answered on a 6-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 6 (about 7 h per week). Both items have been used in large epidemiological studies of the WHO’s Health Behaviour in Schoolchildren (HBSC) survey [ 72 , 73 ], have shown acceptable reliability and validity [ 71 , 74 ], and have already been used in the Greek language [ 75 ] to capture adolescents’ PA levels.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Populationlevel data indicates that physical activity engagement peaks in early adolescence, but declines across adolescence before stabilizing at inadequate levels in adulthood (Dumith et al, 2011;van Sluijs et al, 2021). Such behavioral patterns are problematic in light of research that has shown trajectories of physical activity behavior track reasonably well from adolescence into adulthood (e.g., those who become inactive during adolescence tend to stay inactive during adulthood) (Mathisen et al, 2023;Telama, 2009). The adolescent years therefore represent a unique window of opportunity for shaping lifelong physical activity habits, and thus promoting health across the lifespan.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%