Moderate Leisure-Time Physical Activity: Who Is Meeting the Public Health Recommendations? A National Cross-sectional Study
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We identified the prevalence of adults who met the 1993 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine moderate physical activity recommendation and the 1996 Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health energy expenditure guideline for leading a moderately active lifestyle. Participants were 16,890 women and 12,272 men at least 18 years old who were asked in the 1990 National Health Interview Survey about their leisure-time physical activities. About one third of US adults met either recommendation for moderate activity; 32% met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Association of Sports Medicine recommendation and 38% met the surgeon general's guideline. Women, ethnic minorities, adults with lower educational attainment, and older adults were least active. Public health efforts are needed to address the issues related to physical inactivity and to provide organized programs to increase moderate physical activity levels in US adults.
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The majority of the adult population in Western nations does not meet the public health recommendations for physical activity.
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- Authors
- Arriaza Jones, D.
- Venue
- Archives of Family Medicine
- Publisher
- CLOCKSS Archive
- Published
- 1998-06-01
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 285-289
- ISSN
- 1063-3987 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2151417605
- Cited by
- 277
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 9.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Archives of Family Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Sports and Physical Education Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Keywords
- moderate physical activity, leisure-time physical activity, physical activity guidelines, physical inactivity, physical activity prevalence, sex differences, ethnic minorities, educational attainment, older adults, public health recommendations, National Health Interview Survey
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Cross-Sectional Studies, Ethnicity, Female, Humans, Leisure Activities, Male, Middle Aged, Public Health, United States, Exercise, Guidelines as Topic
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