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BACKGROUND:Protected natural areas provide a promising opportunity for improving healthy life habits through engagement in a variety of physical activities (PAs). As visitors to protected natural areas do not behave as a homogenous group, it is necessary to better understand the association between their characteristics and the level of activities engaged in. Using Alt Pirineu Natural Park (Spain) as a case study, the purpose of this work is to examine the influence of visitors' sociodemographic and trip characteristics on the likelihood of the visitors engaging in distinct PA intensities. METHODS:Data were systematically collected from visitors (N = 1427) by means of self-administered questionnaires using a face-to-face approach. RESULTS:To identify distinct groups of PA intensities reported activities of visitors were classified following the Compendium of PA and metabolic equivalent consumption. Three groups were identified and labeled as follows: light PA group (16.8%), moderate PA group (63.9%), and vigorous PA group (19.3%). A logistic regression analysis indicated that the capacity of selected descriptors to predict group membership was positively associated with the increment in PA intensities. CONCLUSION:The study findings may aid park managers in developing effective management strategies for promoting health-enhancing PA in protected natural areas.
journal_name
J Phys Act Healthjournal_title
Journal of physical activity & healthauthors
Farías-Torbidoni E,Barić D,Mas-Alòs Sdoi
10.1123/jpah.2017-0420subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-08-01 00:00:00pages
572-580issue
8eissn
1543-3080issn
1543-5474journal_volume
15pub_type
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