The inverse relationships between socioeconomic status (SES) and unhealthy behaviors
such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition have been well demonstrated …

This review aimed to combine the literature on major personality traits and physical activity
alongside providing some meta-analytic summaries of the findings. Overall, 33 studies …

Socioeconomic differences in behaviour are pervasive and well documented, but their
causes are not yet well understood. Here, we make the case that a cluster of behaviours is …

Background. Spatial access to recreational facilities and perceptions of the neighborhood
environment and physical activity levels were examined by the socioeconomic status of area …

Several studies have shown socioeconomic differences in leisure-time physical activity. One
explanation may be socioeconomic differences in relevant psychosocial conditions. The …

Objective: To examine a possible problem of overreporting and to describe the degree of
error with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short telephone protocol …

Background. International research indicates that blue-collar employees typically exhibit
lower rates of leisure-time physical activity. While “lack of time” and “work demands” are …

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to identify individual, social, and environmental
contributors (mediators) to individual-and area-level differences in leisure-time physical …

Background: Environmental factors may play an important role on influencing physical
activity (PA) behaviors. Purpose: Perceptions of access and safety for PA were compared …

Methods Two hundred twenty-four older adults (66.1% women, 33.9% men, mean age
65.2+/-5.7 yr) were randomly selected from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, a …