Turning the tide
National policy approaches to increasing physical activity in seven European countries
Background: Physical inactivity is one of the four leading behavioural risk factors for non-communicable disease (NCD). Like tobacco control, increasing levels of health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) will require a national…
Leisure time physical activity, screen time, social background, and environmental variables in adolescents
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…
Perceived neighborhood environments and physical activity in adolescents
There is a reason to believe that physical environments variables play an especially important role in the level of physical activity. Few studies have examined the association between environmental variables…