Low physical activity, long leisure sitting time, and short sleep time are risk factors for obesity, but the association with study sitting time is unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between these factors and obesity.We analyzed the association between physical activity, study sitting time, leisure sitting time, and sleep time and subject weight (underweight, h...

Time atomisation trends, leisure economy, and social technological changes are causing a reframe of the free-time industry. This study aims to analyse assessment nine cross-cutting contents by main agents involved in leisure-time instructor courses, group young subjects Spain. The sample consisted 1049 individuals, including management technical teams, schoolteachers, school students (receiving...

Given the dramatic demographic change underway in most industrialized nations, the health of older adults is a major concern, particularly given the prevalence of sedentary behaviours and physical inactivity among ageing populations. Researchers have suggested sport participation in later life promotes other health-related behaviours, however, these relationships are poorly understood. It is po...

BACKGROUND It is unknown whether reducing sedentary time at work and during leisure time is possible and effective during one year. METHODS Office workers with young children were recruited for this one-year cluster-randomized controlled trial through kindergartens and primary schools from 7 clusters in the city of Jyväskylä, Finland. After a lecture, face-to-face tailored counseling was used...

The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of adolescents towards leisure time physical activity in the virtual world of Internet, and examined the reason why some students are able to maintain regular participation in leisure time physical activity whereas others fail. This study investigated high school students’ positive and negative outcome belief, normative belief, and constr...

Using a collective model of labor supply and the methodology of Vermeulen et al. (2006), I estimate intrahousehold bargaining power and leisure externalities from observed labor supply decisions and income in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. This analysis provides several contributions to the collective model literature. First, I consider a large time period (1968-2011) – a scale rarely appr...

BACKGROUND Retirement is a major life change that is likely to affect lifestyles. The aim of this study was to examine changes in leisure-time physical activity of moderate and vigorous intensity among ageing employees facing transition to retirement over a follow-up of 5-7 years. METHODS The baseline data were collected by questionnaire surveys in 2000-2002 among 40-60-year-old employees of ...

Relatively few quantitative studies have examined socioeconomic differences in time allocation among women, with the exception of Kahneman et al. (2006). This article presents a preliminary analysis of variation by earnings in women’s time spent outside of paid work. We analyze women’s time on leisure, housework, and with children. Recent studies of leisure have found that professionals and hig...

There is a growing recognition of the importance of the out-of-school activities in which adolescents choose to participate. Youth activities vary widely in terms of specific activities and in time devoted to them but can generally be grouped by the type and total duration spent per type. We collected leisure time information using a 17-item leisure time questionnaire in a large sample of same-...