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Physical activity preferences in Croatia

Assessing physical activity preferences (PA) is one of important steps in developing interventions for the promotion of PA. The main goal of this study was to assess PA preferences in the Croatian population. The second goal was to determine gender differences in PA preferences. The study was conducted on a random sample of 1, 032 participants. In order to estimate PA preferences, the IZSRP-2007 was used. In order to determine gender differences in preferences, means and standard deviations were calculated and Student’ s t-test was performed for each activity. The most preferred activities in women were Walking, Swimming, and Dance ; and Team sports, Swimming, and Fitness (weight training) in men. Significant gender differences were observed for the majority of activities. Results of this study could be valuable for researches interested in developing PA interventions in Croatia.

exercise attitudes; physical activity interventions; health promotion

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