Personal, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity and sport participation in an adolescent Turkish population

ABSTRACT:

Background

Benefits of physical activity has been shown for adolescents; however, there is a decline trend in number of adolescents meeting current WHO recommendations. This trend underlines the importance of identifying factors associated with adolescents’ physical activity level (PAL) with considerations of regional and cultural differences to plan and implement effective policies. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine personal, ecological, and social factors associated with PAL and sport participation in Turkish adolescents aged 11–14 years. A cross-sectional study was conducted by including 996 adolescents aged between 11 and 14 years from 39 secondary schools in İstanbul, Turkey. Logistic regression analyses performed to identify the significant personal (age, gen

SUBMITTER: Timurtas E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8923827 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature