Original articleCorrelates of Physical Activity Guideline Compliance for Adolescents in 100 U.S. Cities
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Background
The Correlates of Indoor Tanning in Youth (CITY100) Teen/Parent survey was a health questionnaire and one component of a study assessing indoor tanning practices of adolescents living in the 100 largest U.S. cities [16]. The survey instruments were adapted from teen/parent indoor tanning surveys developed by Stryker et al [17]. We added items to assess several other health-related behaviors, including physical activity. We believed that introducing the survey as a teen “health” survey, versus a
Response rates and sample characteristics
Of the 8176 households that were reached and met eligibility criteria, 6125 households agreed to participate, for a cooperation rate of 74.9%. All 6125 households generated data on a teen; 71 of these households did not have accompanying parent data. Parents were missed when the parent requested an interview on a later date but was then not reachable. Table 1 shows the number of adolescent participants from each of the 100 cities, organized by region. There were 2962 male and 3153 female teens
Discussion
Using a validated measure and a large, multi-city U.S. sample, we found that under half of the adolescents met the current physical activity guidelines for youth. These data highlight the need for interventions to promote more physical activity, especially for those groups found to have substantially lower compliance levels. As expected, there were large gender differences, with 57% of males versus 40% of females meeting guidelines. This is a large difference, indicating that many more males
Acknowledgments
This study was funded by grants R01CA93532 and K05CA10051 from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute. We thank Debra Rubio for assistance with manuscript preparation.
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