Uitenbroek D G, McQueen D V
Research Unit in Health and Behavioural Change, University of Edinburgh.
Soz Praventivmed. 1991;36(6):307-14. doi: 10.1007/BF01368737.
This article provides baseline information on leisure time physical activity. The data were collected in 1989 by telephone in the cities of London, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Twenty-eight percent of the respondents living in London reported that they engage in physical activity for exercise three or more times per week. For Glasgow and Edinburgh these figures are 24% and 28% respectively. Female respondents, respondents in the lower occupational categories and older respondents exercised on average less than male respondents, respondents from the higher occupational categories and younger respondents. Walking was the most popular form of physical activity for exercise in the three cities, for all age groups, all occupational groups and both sexes. Female respondents, respondents from the lower occupational categories and older respondents engaged in less strenuous physical activities. The differences between groups were independent of the stringency of the definition of exercise. The data showed that levels of leisure time physical activity for exercise do not meet standards which are advocated internationally. However, the levels and patterns found are similar to those found in North American studies. It would appear that the differences between the two Scottish cities and London are small.
本文提供了关于休闲时间体育活动的基线信息。这些数据于1989年通过电话在伦敦、格拉斯哥和爱丁堡市收集。居住在伦敦的受访者中有28%报告称他们每周进行三次或更多次体育锻炼。在格拉斯哥和爱丁堡，这些数字分别为24%和28%。女性受访者、职业类别较低的受访者以及年龄较大的受访者平均比男性受访者、职业类别较高的受访者以及年龄较小的受访者锻炼得少。在这三个城市中，步行是所有年龄组、所有职业组以及男女最受欢迎的体育锻炼形式。女性受访者、职业类别较低的受访者以及年龄较大的受访者从事的体育活动强度较小。不同组之间的差异与体育锻炼定义的严格程度无关。数据表明，休闲时间体育锻炼的水平未达到国际倡导的标准。然而，所发现的水平和模式与北美研究中的类似。两个苏格兰城市与伦敦之间的差异似乎很小。
