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Trends of low physical activity among Iranian adolescents across urban and rural areas during 2006-2011.


ABSTRACT: It is well documented that physical inactivity is related to weight gain and a whole host of chronic diseases. This study investigated trends of low physical activity among Iranian adolescents in urban and rural areas between 2006-2011. A total of 12,178 adolescents, aged between 15 and 19 years, participated in National Surveys of Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases. Data on physical activity was obtained using the global physical activity questionnaire. A complex sample survey and multinomial logistic regression were used to model physical activity levels. The percentage of adolescents who had low levels of physical activity increased from 2006 to 2011 in both urban and rural areas. Low and moderate levels of physical activity were lower in rural girls as compared with urban girls, with a prevalence ratio of 0.59 (95% CI 0.47-0.74) and 0.59 (95% CI 0.47-0.74), respectively. The corresponding values for boys residing in rural areas compared with boys in urban areas were 0.56 (95% CI 0.43-0.75) and 0.60 (95% CI 0.48-0.74), respectively. The adolescents' lifestyles showed an increasing trend for physical inactivity in both genders; however, in rural areas, only girls had a rising affinity for a sedentary lifestyle throughout the 2006-2011 years.

SUBMITTER: Amiri P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7721745 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Trends of low physical activity among Iranian adolescents across urban and rural areas during 2006-2011.

Amiri Parisa P   Naseri Parisa P   Vahedi-Notash Golnaz G   Jalali-Farahani Sara S   Mehrabi Yadollah Y   Hamzavi-Zarghani Najmeh N   Azizi Fereidoun F   Hadaegh Farzad F   Khalili Davood D  

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It is well documented that physical inactivity is related to weight gain and a whole host of chronic diseases. This study investigated trends of low physical activity among Iranian adolescents in urban and rural areas between 2006-2011. A total of 12,178 adolescents, aged between 15 and 19 years, participated in National Surveys of Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases. Data on physical activity was obtained using the global physical activity questionnaire. A complex sample survey and multi  ...[more]

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