Do country-level environmental factors explain cross-national variation in adolescent physical activity? A multilevel study in 29 European countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Worldwide, roughly 80% of adolescents fail to meet World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations regarding physical activity, though there is substantial variation in adolescent physical activity prevalence across countries. This study explored whether country-level environmental differences explained cross-national variation in adolescent moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) and vigorous-intensity activity (VPA).

Method

Using the data of 138,014 11- to 15-year-olds from 29 European countries in the 2013/2014 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, multilevel regression models examined the influence of four types of country-level environmental factors (physical, socio-cultural, economic, and political) on self-reported individu

SUBMITTER: Weinberg D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6547567 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature