Social Ecological Correlates of Regular Leisure Time Physical Activity Practice among Adults
This study calculated the exposure response rates of social ecological correlates of practicing regular >150 min/week) leisure time physical activity (PA) in 393,648 adults from the 27 Brazilian state capitals who participated in a national survey between 2006 and 2016. Regular PA encouraging factors were inputted into an exposure response model. Growth rates for the odds ratio and prevalence of regular PA were calculated for each increase of one encouraging factor. Regular PA was reported by 22% of the participants (25% of men and 20% of women) More than 40% of men and 30% of women with higher intra personal encouraging conditions reported practicing regular PA. There was a 3% (ages 18 32 years) to 5% (ages 46 60 years) increase in regular PA practice in men for each increase in an encouraging climate factor (temperature from 21 degC to 31 degC, humidity from 65% to 85% 2430 to 3250 h of sun/year, and from 1560 to 1910 mm of rain/year) Encouraging intra personal factors and favorable climate conditions had larger effects on regular PA practice than the built environment and socio political conditions; the latter two had independent effects, but did not have a cumulative effect on PA.
International journal of environmental research and public health