Author:

• Cecília Bertuol - Bertuol, C. - <bertuolcecilia@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1277-775X

Co-author(s):

• Silas Nery de Oliveira - de Oliveira, S. N. - <nerysilas@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2635-5294
• Alexandre Vinicius Bobato Tozetto - Tozetto, A. V. B. - <alexandrebobato@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6822-7709
• Giovani Firpo Del Duca - Duca, G. F. - Florianópolis, SC - <gfdelduca@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0893-2032

Abstract:

This study aimed to identify the types of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) most practiced and their association with active behavior in other domains and the sociodemographic aspects in Brazilian adults (≥18 years old). It was a cross-sectional study, using data from a population-based system (Vigitel, 2017). Binary logistic regression was used. In the 29,323 LTPA practitioners (51.3% men), the five types of activities most performed were: walking (36.6%), weight training (17.7%), soccer (11.7%), jogging (8.3%), and aerobics (6.7%). The LTPA that had the greatest associations with sociodemographic variables were soccer, walking, and aerobics, all with p-value ≤0.01. When considering the other domains of physical activity, participants who reported doing household physical activity were more likely to walk (p<0.001) and less likely to practice weight training (p<0.001), soccer (p=0.036) and aerobics (p=0.009). Those who did active commuting had more of a chance to walking (p=0.004) and less of a chance to weight train (p<0.001), while individuals who practiced occupational physical activity were less likely to walk (p=0.001) and more likely to play soccer (p=0.001). Important differences in sociodemographic aspects and active behavior in the other domains were found according to the LTPA type.

Keywords:

motor activity; leisure activities; life style.

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