title: The prevalence of barriers for Colombian college students engaging in physical activity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence of barriers and their association with Colombia college students engaging in PA.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 5,663 students (3,348 male) from three cities in Colombia. In fall 2013, students voluntarily completed a demographic questionnaire, Barriers to Being Active Quiz. Logistic regression analysis of each barrier (adjusted for confusion variables: gender, age and BMI) was used for verifying such association.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most prevalent barriers in overweight individuals were "fear of injury" (87.0%), "lack of skill" (79.8%) and "lack of resources" (64.3%). The group of females revealed a protective association regarding "lack of time" (OR=0.53: 0.47-0.60 95%CI), "social influence" (OR=0.67: 0.60-0.75 95%CI), "lack of energy" (OR=0.54: 0.49-0.61 95%CI), "lack of willpower" (OR=0.57: 0.51- 0.64 95%CI), "lack of skill" (OR=0.76: 0.66-0.87 95%CI) and "lack of resources" (OR=0.79: 0.71-0.89 95%CI). Such observation also appeared in the 20- to 23-yearold age group concerning "social influence" (OR=0.83: 0.74-0.94 95%CI) and in those aged over 23-years-old (OR=0.86: 0.74-0.99 95%CI) regarding "lack of energy".
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A significant prevalence was found regarding self-perception of barriers leading to students ceasing to engage in PA.
authors.affiliation: Grupo GICAEDS, Facultad de Cultura Física, Deporte y Recreación, Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá, D.C.. robin640@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Robinson
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Vélez
authors.affiliation: Grupo GICAEDS, Facultad de Cultura Física, Deporte y Recreación, Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá, D.C.. alesanders_0615@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tordecilla-Sanders
authors.affiliation: Grupo GICAEDS, Facultad de Cultura Física, Deporte y Recreación, Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá, D.C.. davidlaverde123@gmail.com.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laverde
authors.affiliation: Grupo GICAEDS, Facultad de Cultura Física, Deporte y Recreación, Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá, D.C.. robinsonramirez@usantotomas.edu.co.
authors.forename: Juan Gilberto
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Hernández-Novoa
authors.affiliation: Grupo GICAEDS, Facultad de Cultura Física, Deporte y Recreación, Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá, D.C.. marcelorios_101993@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ríos
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios en Medición de la Actividad Física (CEMA), Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá D.C.. fr_colombia@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rubio
authors.affiliation: Grupo GICAEDS, Facultad de Cultura Física, Deporte y Recreación, Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá, D.C.. jorge.correa@urosario.edu.co.
authors.forename: Jorge Enrique
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Correa-Bautista
authors.affiliation: Grupo "El Cuidar", Programa de Enfermería, Universidad de Pamplona, Norte de Santander. Colombia.. ft_asclepio@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martinez-Torres
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology; D015995:Prevalence; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult