Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Mar 2000
Multicenter StudyLeisure-time, occupational, and household physical activity among professional, skilled, and less-skilled workers and homemakers.
Adults in lower status occupations are at higher risk of premature cardiovascular disease, for which physical inactivity is a major risk factor. While lower rates of leisure-time physical activity have been found to be associated consistently with lower income and education levels, the association between occupational and home-based physical activity with membership of different occupational categories is not well understood. ⋯ The assessment of occupational and household physical activity in addition to leisure-time activity may be important for understanding associations between occupational categories, physical activity, and increased levels of health risk and for the development of physical activity promotion strategies.