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The epidemiology of walking for exercise: implications for promoting activity among sedentary groups.

Author(s) -

Paul Z. Siegel,

Robert M. Brackbill,

Gregory W. Heath

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.85.5.706

Subject(s) - physical activity , epidemiology , sedentary behavior , leisure time , population , demography , medicine , gerontology , sedentary lifestyle , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , physical therapy , environmental health , sociology

The relative contribution of walking to overall leisure-time physical activity participation rates was studied among respondents from the 45 states that participated in the 1990 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (n = 81,557). The percentages of low income, unemployed, and obese persons who engaged in leisure-time physical activity (range = 51.1% to 57.7%) were substantially lower than the percentage among the total adult population (70.3%). In contrast, the prevalence of walking for exercise among these sedentary groups (range = 32.5% to 35.9%) was similar to that among the total population (35.6%). Walking appears to be an acceptable, accessible exercise activity, especially among population subgroups with a low prevalence of leisure-time physical activity.

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