title: Health-enhancing physical activity and associated factors in a Spanish population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study describes the prevalence of health-enhancing physical activity and leisure-time physical activity in a Spanish sample and identifies the characteristics of the physically active and inactive populations.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A random sample of 1595 adults (18-70 years old) living in Catalonia, Spain were assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (short version) and categorised according to their physical activity levels. The independent associations between physical activity levels and socio-demographic and health-related variables were investigated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-seven percent of the population engaged in health-enhancing physical activity. Being a young adult (odds ratio=2.0; 95% confidence interval=1.25-3.21) and having a normal weight (odds ratio=1.46; 95% confidence interval=1.04-2.03) were positively associated with a high health-enhancing physical activity level. Living in a medium-sized town (odds ratio=1.60; 95% confidence interval=1.09-2.35) was positively associated with a moderate health-enhancing physical activity level, whereas being male (odds ratio=0.72; 95% confidence interval=0.53-0.96) odds ratio a middle-aged adult (odds ratio=0.67; 95% confidence interval=0.46-0.97) was negatively associated with a moderate health-enhancing physical activity level. Regarding leisure-time physical activity, 16.1% of the participants were active, 28.3% were lightly active and 55.6% were sedentary. Being male, being a non-smoker, having a normal weight and living with a partner increased the odds of engaging in leisure-time physical activity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Engaging in health-enhancing physical activity is common but not during leisure time, as concluded based on a representative sample of adults from Catalonia, Spain. Being a young adult, having a normal weight odds ratio living in a medium-sized town was positively associated with a high health-enhancing physical activity level, whereas being male odds ratio a middle-aged adult was negatively associated with a moderate health-enhancing physical activity level.
authors.affiliation: INEFC-Barcelona Sport Sciences Research Group, Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Catalan Sports Council, Plan of Physical Activity, Sport and Health (PAFES Group), Government of Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: Alba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pardo
authors.affiliation: EUSES Sports Science, University of Girona, Girona, Spain; Department of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Blanca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Román-Viñas
authors.affiliation: CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Community Nutrition Research Centre, University of Barcelona Science Park, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ribas-Barba
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health, Department of Health, Government of Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: Eulàlia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roure
authors.affiliation: Consultation Committee on Physical Activity and Health, Department of Health, Government of Catalonia, Spain; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Carles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vallbona
authors.affiliation: CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Community Nutrition Research Centre, University of Barcelona Science Park, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Electronic address: lserra@dcc.ulpgc.es.
authors.forename: Lluís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Serra-Majem
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055105:Waist Circumference; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cross-sectional; Health-enhanced physical activity; IPAQ; Obesity