The role of leisure-time physical activity in youth for lifelong activity-a latent profile analysis with retrospective life course data.

ABSTRACT: Considering the positive health effects of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), youth is an important life stage to promote lifelong LTPA. However, the stability of LTPA over the life course is low, and specific predictors of LTPA in youth for lifelong activity have some shortcomings, e.g. neglecting the interacting factors of LTPA within individuals. Therefore, from a person-oriented approach, patterns of LTPA behaviour in youth considering time- and context-related aspects and their relationships with lifelong LTPA were investigated. Life course data from n = 1519 Swiss inhabitants aged between 25 and 76 years were recorded retrospectively using a validated questionnaire (CATI method). Latent profile analyses were used to find the optimal profile solution and for the asso

SUBMITTER: Lenze L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11135187 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature