A questionnaire for the assessment of leisure time physical activities

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Abstract

A questionnaire is presented for evaluating energy expenditure in leisure time physical activity (LTA), along with information about its validity. Administered by trained interviewers, the Minnesota LTA questionnaire is valid for use in longitudinal studies in North America of the relationship of physical activity to disease, in weight control clinics, and in other researches in which leisure time physical activity is of interest.

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    This research was supported in part by a grant from the U.S. Public Health Service (NHLBI-HL 20662). The work was done in part when Dr. Jacobs was supported by a Research Career Development Award (NHLBI-HL 00278).

    Present address: Lipid Metabolism Branch/DHVD, NHLBI, NIH, 9000 Rockville Pike, Federal Bldg., Room 302c. Bethesda, MD 20014, U.S.A.

    Work performed as Fellow of the Belgian National Fund. Present address: Division of Cardiology-Angiology, Academic Hospital, University of Gent, 9000 Gent, Belgium.

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