@article{ref1,
title="Physical activity during leisure and commuting in Tianjin, China",
journal="Bulletin of The World Health Organization",
year="2002",
author="Hu, Gang and Pekkarinen, Heikki and Hänninen, Osmo and Yu, Zhijie and Tian, Huiguang and Guo, Zeyu and Nissinen, Aulikki",
volume="80",
number="12",
pages="933-938",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate physical activity during leisure time and commuting among persons aged 15-69 years in the urban population of Tianjin, China, and to assess its associations with demographic and health-related characteristics. METHODS: In 1996 a cross-sectional survey of 2002 males and 1974 females provided information on physical activity during leisure time and commuting and on demographics and health behaviours. FINDINGS: No leisure-time physical activity was engaged in by 67% of females and 61% of males. However, only 4% of females and 9% of males reported an absence of physical activity during commuting. The mean duration of leisure-time physical activity for the whole population was about 10 min per day. The average commuting time on foot or by bicycle was about 30 min. Leisure-time physical activity was more frequent among highly educated people, people with high incomes, white-collar workers, married people, non-smokers, or people commuting on foot or by bicycle than among other people. Persons with low incomes, male blue-collar workers and married people were more likely than others to engage in 30 min or more per day of physical activity on foot or by bicycle when commuting. CONCLUSION: People in Tianjin engaged in a high level of physical activity when commuting and a low level of leisure-time physical activity.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0042-9686",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}