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Prevalence of physical activity in the European Union

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  • Alfred Rütten
  • Karim Abu-Omar

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Objectives:This article is the second in a series of four that present data about physical activity in the 15 member states of the European Union collected by the Eurobarometer 58.2. The focus of this article is on days of vigorous and moderate physical activity, days of walking, and metabolic equivalence estimates (METs) for total physical activity from 15 member states of the European Union using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Methods:Data were collected in 2002 as part of the Eurobarometer by face-to-face interviews. A total of 16230 respondents age 15 years and older were interviewed. Sample sizes ranged about 1000 respondents in most nations. Physical activity was assessed with the last 7-days short version of the IPAQ. Results:: Median METs estimates in hours per week were the highest in the Netherlands (39.43 MET-hours/week), Germany (34.65 MET-hours/week in the eastern part, 33.90 MET-hours/week in the western part), and Luxembourg (31.55 MET-hours/week). The lowest METs estimates were reported in Northern Ireland (11.55 MET-hours/week), Sweden (18.65 MET-hours/week) and France (19.55 MET-hours/week). Conclusions:A comparison of the results with existing data on physical activity prevalence in the member states indicate some inconsistencies between studies which may be related to measurement problems, as well as to conceptual differences in the assessment of physical activity. Copyright Birkhäuser-Verlag Basel 2004

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  • Alfred Rütten & Karim Abu-Omar, 2004. "Prevalence of physical activity in the European Union," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 49(4), pages 281-289, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:49:y:2004:i:4:p:281-289
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-004-3100-4
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    1. Ge Yu & Adrian Renton & Martin Wall & Emee Estacio & Justine Cawley & Pratibha Datta, 2011. "Prevalence of Low Physical Activity and its Relation to Social Environment in Deprived Areas in the London Borough of Redbridge," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 104(2), pages 311-322, November.
    2. Etilé, F, 2008. "Food Price Policies and the Distribution of Body Mass Index: Theory and Empirical Evidence from France," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 08/10, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
    3. Birgit Wallmann-Sperlich & Ingo Froboese, 2014. "Physical Activity during Work, Transport and Leisure in Germany - Prevalence and Socio-Demographic Correlates," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(11), pages 1-9, November.
    4. Daniela Kahlert & Wolfgang Schlicht, 2015. "Older People’s Perceptions of Pedestrian Friendliness and Traffic Safety: An Experiment Using Computer-Simulated Walking Environments," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-13, August.
    5. Yasemin Öztürk & Tekin Köse & Kayra Özcan, 2021. "Gender Differences in Sports Participation: A Multi-Level Analysis," Bogazici Journal, Review of Social, Economic and Administrative Studies, Bogazici University, Department of Economics, vol. 35(2), pages 151-176.
    6. Humphreys, Brad & Maresova, Katerina & Ruseski, Jane, 2012. "Institutional Factors, Sport Policy, and Individual Sport Participation: An International Comparison," Working Papers 2012-1, University of Alberta, Department of Economics.
    7. Simon Spika, 2017. "Methods for the Economic Evaluation of the SMARTACT-Intervention Programs," Working Paper Series of the Department of Economics, University of Konstanz 2017-03, Department of Economics, University of Konstanz.
    8. Rütten, Alfred & Abu-Omar, Karim & Frahsa, Annika & Morgan, Antony, 2009. "Assets for policy making in health promotion: Overcoming political barriers inhibiting women in difficult life situations to access sport facilities," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 69(11), pages 1667-1673, December.

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