Variation in population levels of physical activity in European adults according to cross-European studies: a systematic literature review within DEDIPAC

Loyen, Anne; Van Hecke, Linde; Verloigne, Maïté; Hendriksen, Ingrid; Lakerveld, Jeroen; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Vuillemin, Anne; Koster, Annemarie; Donnelly, Alan; Ekelund, Ulf; Deforche, Benedicte; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Brug, Johannes; van der Ploeg, Hidde P.

doi:10.1186/s12966-016-0398-2

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 2 Levels of physical activity in adults across European countries. This table displays a summary of the results reported in the articles included in the systematic review

From: Variation in population levels of physical activity in European adults according to cross-European studies: a systematic literature review within DEDIPAC

	Total physical activity				Physical activity in leisure time
	% meeting recommendations [4, 16, 18, 22, 26, 29, 30, 33, 34, 36]^a	Mean min/week MVPA [17, 26, 32, 37]^b,c	% low; moderate; high physical activity [19, 30, 31]	Mean MET-min/week [18]	Mean min/week MVPA in leisure time [32, 35]	Mean hours/week recreational activity [24]^d
Albania	61 % [22] 76 %(M); 83 %(F) [36]
Austria	65 % [4] 26 % [16] 76 % [18]	499 [17]		2428
Belgium	57 % [4] 25 % [16] 68 % [18] 16 % [26] 71 % [30] 16 % [34] 68 %(M); 68 %(F) [36]	408 [17] 252 [26] 601 [32]	43 %; 27 %; 30 % [19] 28 %; 36 %; 36 % [30]	1981	152 [32] 264 [35]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	66 % [4] 88 %(M); 83 %(F) [29]
Bulgaria	73 % [4] 67 % [18] 78 %(M); 75 %(F) [36]	675 [17]		2054
Croatia	76 % [4] 78 % [18] 90 %(M); 92 %(F) [29]	775 [17]		2546
Cyprus	45 % [4] 46 % [18] 78 %(M); 77 %(F) [36]	378 [17] (RoC) 196 [17] (TCC)		1321
Czech Republic	75 % [4] 73 % [18] 30 % [26] 89 %(M); 93 %(F) [29] 63 %(M); 68 %(F) [36]	607 [17] 322 [26]	10 %; 27 %; 63 % [19]	2348
Denmark	65 % [4] 34 % [16] 82 % [18] 24 % [26] 56 %(M); 52 %(F) [36]	468 [17] 280 [26]		2198		8.8-10.5 (50–64 years old)
Estonia	83 % [4] 80 % [18] 96 %(M); 95 %(F) [29] 70 %(M); 66 %(F) [36]	824 [17] 301 (M); 245 (F) [37] (25 years old)		2910
Finland	62 % [4] 33 % [16] 84 % [18] 53 %(M); 53 %(F) [36]	394 [17]	12 %; 29 %; 58 % [31]	2200
France	68 % [4] 24 % [16] 71 % [18] 74 % [30] 70 %(M); 75 %(F) [36]	259 [17]	26 %; 40 %; 34 % [30] 19 %; 29 %; 52 % [31]	2270	230 [35]	11.4-12.2 (50–64 years old)
Georgia	78 % [4] 7 %(M); 9 %(F) [29]
Germany	72 % [4] 40 % [16] 84 % [18] 60 %(M); 68 %(F) [36]	637 [17]	10 %; 24 %; 66 % [31]	2751		12.8-16.1 (50–64 years old)
Greece	84 % [4] 37 % [16] 62 % [18] 16 % [34]	667 [17]		1611		10.9-11.2 (50–64 years old)
Hungary	74 % [4] 67 % [18] 92 %(M); 92 %(F) [29] 26 % [34] 64 %(M); 70 %(F) [36]	593 [17]		2229	287 [35]
Iceland	46 %(M); 41 %(F) [36]
Ireland	47 % [4] 29 % [16] 75 % [18] 59 % [33] 66 %(M); 62 %(F) [36]	191 [17]		1926
Italy	45 % [4] 26 % [16] 53 % [18] 48 %(M); 56 %(F) [36]	212 [17]	30 %; 46 %; 25 % [31]	1259		1.0-10.3 (50–64 years old)
Latvia	68 % [4] 81 % [18]	772 [17]		3027
Lithuania	77 % [4] 76 % [18] 55 %(M); 51 %(F) [36]	635 [17]	15 %; 33 %; 52 % [19]	2379
Luxembourg	52 % [4] 36 % [16] 82 % [18] 82 % [30]	376 [17]	18 %; 27 %; 54 % [30]	2174
Malta	28 % [4] 51 % [18]	45 [17]		1379
Netherlands	82 % [4] 44 % [16] 85 % [18] 28 % [34] 67 %(M); 67 %(F) [36]	960 [17]	16 %; 28 %; 57 % [31]	2634	368 [35]	14.9-20.2 (50–64 years old)
Norway	56 % [4] 57 % [34] 53 %(M); 53 %(F) [36]		26 %; 34 %; 40 % [19]
Poland	72 % [4] 56 % [18] 72 %(M); 75 %(F) [36]	599 [17]		1461
Portugal	49 % [4] 33 % [16] 49 % [18] 68 %(M); 63 %(F) [36]	213 [17] 406 [32]	26 %; 29 %; 45 % [19]	1139	147 [32]
Romania	61 % [4] 72 % [18]	599 [17]		2373
Russian Federation	79 % [4] 93 %(M); 95 %(F) [29] 59 %(M); 57 %(F) [36]
Serbia	32 % [4]
Slovak Republic	78 % [4] 72 % [18] 84 %(M); 93 %(F) [29] 80 %(M); 85 %(F) [36]	808 [17]		2156
Slovenia	70 % [4] 72 % [18] 90 %(M); 86 %(F) [29] 47 % [34] 73 %(M); 72 %(F) [36]	688 [17]		2019
Spain	50 % [4] 25 % [16] 80 % [18] 31 % [26] 73 %(M); 67 %(F) [29] 29 % [34] 46 %(M); 43 %(F) [36]	155 [17] 357 [26]	24 %; 36 %; 40 % [19] 29 %; 33 %; 38 % [31]	2166		7.3-17.3 (50–64 years old)
Sweden	56 % [4] 23 % [16] 88 % [18] 52 %(M); 58 %(F) [36]	187 [17] 322 (M); 280 (F) [37] (21 year old)	24 %; 37 %; 39 % [19]	2415		5.8-5.9 (50–64 years old)
Switzerland	55 %(M); 62 %(F) [36]
Turkey	44 % [4] 44 % [22] 72 %(M); 58 %(F) [29]	253 [17]
Ukraine	82 % [4] 95 %(M); 96 %(F) [29] 70 %(M); 74 %(F) [36]
United Kingdom	37 % [4] 29 % (GB) [16] 76 % [18] 19 % [26] 58 % (NI) [33] 37 % (SC) [33] 65 %(M); 64 %(F) [36]	242 [17] 259 [26]	27 %; 41 %; 32 % (EN) [31]	2543	265 [35]	12.9-15.4 (50–64 years old)

Min minutes, MVPA Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity, MET metabolic equivalent, M Males, F Females, RoC Republic of Cyprus, TCC Turkish Cypriot Community, yrs years, GB Great Britain, NI Northern Ireland, SC Scotland, EN England. ^a. Some studies [4, 22, 29, 33] reported the percentage of participants NOT meeting the physical activity recommendations. We reversed those numbers to enable comparison. ^b. Study [17] reported days/week and minutes/day of moderate physical activity (MPA) and vigorous physical activity (VPA) separately. We used the following formula to arrive at min/week MVPA: ((days/week VPA * min/day VPA) + (days/week MPA * min/day MPA)). ^c. Studies [26, 37] reported min per day MVPA instead of per week. To enable comparison, we multiplied these numbers by 7 to calculate minutes per week. ^d. This study reported the results stratified by study center and gender. The numbers shown here are the lowest and highest results per country

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