Abstract
<p class="Toverskrift3" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Motivation for physical activity and amount of physical activity amongst adolescents: What differences exist between active and inactive groups of Norwegian adolescents with reference to demography, Body Mass Index (BMI), subjectively perceived health, motivation for physical exercise, and initiative?</span></span></strong></span></p><p class="Toverskrift3" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Abstract</span></span></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">This study is based on the Norwegian data from the HEVAS (Helsevaner blant barn og unge) WHO-survey. We investigated: What differences exist between active and inactive groups of individuals with reference to demography, Body Mass Index (BMI), subjectively perceived health, motivation for physical exercise, and initiative? Compared to inactive individuals, physically active individuals reported higher socioeconomic status, lower BMI, better subjectively perceived health. The active individuals report more health motivation than the inactive individuals. Of all the factors included in this study, initiative was the one differentiating the groups. Active individuals report more initiative than inactive individuals</span></em><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">. </span></span></span></p>
Highlights
Motivation for physical activity and amount of physical activity amongst adolescents: What differences exist between active and inactive groups of Norwegian adolescents with reference to demography, Body Mass Index (BMI), subjectively perceived health, motivation for physical exercise, and initiative? Abstract
Statens råd for ernæring og fysisk aktivitet (2008) anbefaler at barn og unge bør være fysisk aktive minimum 60 minutter hver dag for god helse og normal vekst og utvikling
Retningslinjene burde kunne være gjennomførbare, men MMIs barne- og ungdomsundersøkelser fra 1992 og 1998 viser en nedgang fra 43 % til 36 % i andelen barn og unge mellom 8-24 år som trener i idrettslag (Hansen, 1999)
Summary
Motivation for physical activity and amount of physical activity amongst adolescents: What differences exist between active and inactive groups of Norwegian adolescents with reference to demography, Body Mass Index (BMI), subjectively perceived health, motivation for physical exercise, and initiative? This study is based on the Norwegian data from the HEVAS (Helsevaner blant barn og unge) WHOsurvey. We investigated: What differences exist between active and inactive groups of individuals with reference to demography, Body Mass Index (BMI), subjectively perceived health, motivation for physical exercise, and initiative? Physically active individuals reported higher socioeconomic status, lower BMI, better subjectively perceived health. The active individuals report more health motivation than the inactive individuals. Of all the factors included in this study, initiative was the one differentiating the groups. Active individuals report more initiative than inactive individuals
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