Time trends in physical activity in the Tromsø study: An update
Although the health benefits of physical activity are well documented, a large proportion of the population fails to meet current guidelines for physical activity. In order to develop evidence-based public health policies, surveillance of physical activity prevalence and trends is essential. The mai...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:plo:pone00:0231581 2023-05-15T18:34:19+02:00 Time trends in physical activity in the Tromsø study: An update Bente Morseth Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0231581 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0231581&type=printable unknown https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0231581 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0231581&type=printable article ftrepec 2020-12-04T13:40:37Z Although the health benefits of physical activity are well documented, a large proportion of the population fails to meet current guidelines for physical activity. In order to develop evidence-based public health policies, surveillance of physical activity prevalence and trends is essential. The main aim of this study was to present updated data on physical activity trends in a Norwegian general population over the last decades. Data were collected from 40 690 individuals (50% men) aged ≥20 years participating in at least one of six surveys of the population-based Tromsø Study between 1979 and 2016. Age-standardized prevalences and trends in leisure-time and occupational physical activity were obtained from three questionnaires used in the different surveys. We observed an increase in the proportion engaging in exercise in leisure-time between 1994–95 and 2001 (p Article in Journal/Newspaper Tromsø RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Tromsø |
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Although the health benefits of physical activity are well documented, a large proportion of the population fails to meet current guidelines for physical activity. In order to develop evidence-based public health policies, surveillance of physical activity prevalence and trends is essential. The main aim of this study was to present updated data on physical activity trends in a Norwegian general population over the last decades. Data were collected from 40 690 individuals (50% men) aged ≥20 years participating in at least one of six surveys of the population-based Tromsø Study between 1979 and 2016. Age-standardized prevalences and trends in leisure-time and occupational physical activity were obtained from three questionnaires used in the different surveys. We observed an increase in the proportion engaging in exercise in leisure-time between 1994–95 and 2001 (p |
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Bente Morseth Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock Time trends in physical activity in the Tromsø study: An update |
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Time trends in physical activity in the Tromsø study: An update |
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Time trends in physical activity in the Tromsø study: An update |
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Time trends in physical activity in the Tromsø study: An update |
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