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Self-reported Physical Activity Levels, Leisure-time Physical Activity Preferences and Frequency of Non-Sedentary Behaviors: Comparative Study between Portuguese, Italian and Spanish Students Attending Higher Education

Rui Miguel Paulo
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André Ramalho
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Isabella Scursatone
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Maria Caire
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Nicolás Bores Calle
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Daniel Bores-García
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María Espada
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Miguel Rebelo
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Pedro Duarte-Mendes
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Version 1 : Received: 1 September 2024 / Approved: 2 September 2024 / Online: 2 September 2024 (23:27:48 CEST)

How to cite: Paulo, R. M.; Ramalho, A.; Scursatone, I.; Caire, M.; Calle, N. B.; Bores-García, D.; Espada, M.; Rebelo, M.; Duarte-Mendes, P. Self-reported Physical Activity Levels, Leisure-time Physical Activity Preferences and Frequency of Non-Sedentary Behaviors: Comparative Study between Portuguese, Italian and Spanish Students Attending Higher Education. Preprints 2024, 2024090122. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0122.v1 Paulo, R. M.; Ramalho, A.; Scursatone, I.; Caire, M.; Calle, N. B.; Bores-García, D.; Espada, M.; Rebelo, M.; Duarte-Mendes, P. Self-reported Physical Activity Levels, Leisure-time Physical Activity Preferences and Frequency of Non-Sedentary Behaviors: Comparative Study between Portuguese, Italian and Spanish Students Attending Higher Education. Preprints 2024, 2024090122. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0122.v1

Abstract

(1) The objective of this study is to describe and compare the levels of physical activity, preferences for leisure-time physical activity and the frequency of non-sedentary behaviors of Portuguese, Italian and Spanish students attending, respectively, higher education in Portugal, in Italy and Spain; (2) Methods: 1354 Portuguese, Spanish and Italian students (21.2 ± 2.9 years) participated in the study. An online questionnaire was used to collect data and a priori power analysis statistical procedures were used using G∗Power (3.1.9.7) and one-way Anova; (3) Results: The highest levels of sedentary lifestyles are found among Spanish students, followed by the Portuguese and lastly the Italians. Regarding the levels of physical activity Spanish students perform more minutes of low and moderate activity compared to Italians and Portuguese. Italians students are the ones who perform more vigorous activity; (4) Conclusions: We can conclude that Spanish students have a higher level of sedentary lifestyle with the majority of physical activity being low and moderate, while Italians are those who have more time spent on vigorous physical activity and naturally a lower level of sedentary lifestyle. However, it is worth highlighting that all three countries reach the minimum levels of physical activity recommended by the WHO.

Keywords

Higher education students; sedentary lifestyle; physical activity; health.

Subject

Public Health and Healthcare, Other

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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