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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY IN THE FIVE-CITY PROJECT1

SALLIS, JAMES F., HASKELL, WILLIAM L., WOOD, PETER D., FORTMANN, STEPHEN P., ROGERS, TODD, BLAIR, STEVEN N., PAFFENBARGER, RALPH S.·1985·American Journal of Epidemiology

Abstract

Previous measures of physical activity for epidemiologic studies were considered inadequate to meet the needs of a community-based health education trial. Therefore, new methods of quantifying the physical activity habits of communities were developed which are practical for large health surveys, provide information on the distribution of activity habits in the population, can detect changes in activity over time, and can be compared with other epidemiologic studies of physical activity. Independent self-reports of vigorous activity (at least 6 metabolic equivalents (METs) ), moderate activity (3-5 METs), and total energy expenditure (kilocalories per day) are described, and the physical activity practices of samples of California cities are presented. Relationships between physical activity measures and age, education, occupation, ethnicity, marital status, and body mass index are analyzed, and the reliabilities of the three activity indices are reported. The new assessment procedure is contrasted with nine other measures of physical activity used in community surveys.

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Authors
SALLIS, J. F., HASKELL, W. L., WOOD, P. D., FORTMANN, S. P., ROGERS, T., BLAIR, S. N., & PAFFENBARGER, R. S.
Corresponding author
HASKELL, WILLIAM L.
Venue
American Journal of Epidemiology
Published
1985-01
Volume
121
Issue
1
Pages
91-106
ISSN
  • 0002-9262 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-6256
OpenAlex
W1824808911
Cited by
1,716
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FWCI
16.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL 07034, HL21906-01A1)
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
physical activity measurement, self-report questionnaire, high-intensity exercise, moderate physical activity, energy expenditure, activity indices, reliability statistics, body mass index, community health survey
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Anthropometry, Body Weight, California, Child, Educational Status, Energy Metabolism, Epidemiologic Methods, Physical Exertion, Female, Humans, Male, Marriage, Middle Aged, Occupations, Surveys and Questionnaires, Mental Recall, Sex Factors

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