Background: Despite a large public health interest in physical activity and its role in obesity
and other chronic diseases, only a few reports to date have addressed total levels of …

INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE: Despite a large public health interest in physical activity and its
role in obesity and other chronic diseases, only few reports to date have addressed total …

Body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) has increased markedly in the last decades. We
hypothesized that highly physically active persons both at work and at leisure would be …

Background In order to screen for the most inactive individuals in the population and target
health-related interventions where they are most needed it is important to assess different …

Background The aim of this study was to explore long-term predictors of leisure time
physical activity in the general population. Methods This study comprised 718 men and …

PURPOSE: To estimate the prevalence of physical activity during leisure time in adults from
the 15 member states of the European Union and the relationship with sociodemographic …

OBJECTIVE: Physical activity is hypothesized to reduce the risk of obesity and several other
chronic diseases and enhance longevity. However, most of the questionnaires used …

BACKGROUND: Diverging trends of decreasing energy intake and increasing prevalence of
obesity suggest that physical inactivity and sedentary lifestyle may be one of the key …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether habitual leisure time physical activity and body mass
change of working-aged men and women are associated. DESIGN: Prospective 10 y follow …

Background The magnitude of the association between physical activity (PA) and obesity
has been difficult to establish using questionnaires. The aim of the study was to evaluate …