title: Physical inactivity changes in Croatia: the CroHort study.
abstract: The aim of this paper was to compare the surveys conducted respectively in 2003 and 2008 within the Croatian Adult Health Cohort Study (CroHort) regarding the physical activity/inactivity of the inhabitants of the Republic of Croatia. The collected data show a significant decline in the intensity of physical activity in 2008 with regards to 2003, regarding the way of getting to work (60.7%), the level of physical strain at work (72.2%), and the frequency of physical activity taken in the subjects' spare time (55.8%). In order to prevent the risk of cardiovascular diseases and to raise the public awareness of the potential health threat physical inactivity poses, a number of thoroughly conceived health promotion strategies should be implemented, which would equally encompass all the segments of Croatian society.
authors.affiliation: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Traffic Science, Zagreb, Croatia. emissoni@fpz.hr
authors.forename: Eduard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Missoni
authors.forename: Josipa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Missoni
mesh_terms: D017523:Croatia; D006801:Humans; D057185:Sedentary Behavior