Short communication, Note

Physical Inactivity Changes in Croatia: the CroHort Study

Eduard Missoni
Josipa Kern
Ivan Missoni

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to compare the surveys conducted respectively in 2003 and 2008 within the Croatian Adult Health Cohort Study (CroHort) regarding the physical activity/inactivity of the inhabitants of the Republic of Croatia. The collected data show a significant decline in the intensity of physical activity in 2008 with regards to 2003, regarding the way of getting to work (60.7%), the level of physical strain at work (72.2%), and the frequency of physical activity taken in the subjects’ spare time (55.8%). In order to prevent the risk of cardiovascular diseases and to raise the public
awareness of the potential health threat physical inactivity poses, a number of thoroughly conceived health promotion strategies should be implemented, which would equally encompass all the segments of Croatian society.

Keywords

public health; physical activity; physical inactivity changes; CroHort study

Hrčak ID:

75703

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/75703

Publication date:

2.1.2012.

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