Laredo-Aguilera, Jose AlbertoCobo-Cuenca, Ana IsabelSantacruz-Salas, EsmeraldaMartins, Maria ManuelaRodriguez-Borrego, Maria AuroraLopez-Soto, Pablo JesusCarmona-Torres, Juan Manuel2023-02-082023-02-082019-10-19Laredo-Aguilera JA, Cobo-Cuenca AI, Santacruz-Salas E, Martins MM, Rodríguez-Borrego MA, López-Soto PJ, et al. Levels of Physical Activity, Obesity and Related Factors in Young Adults Aged 18-30 during 2009-2017. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Oct 21;16(20):4033http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15189The objective of this study was to analyze the temporal trend of physical activity and bodymass index in young adults aged 18-30 in Spain and to ascertain their relationship withsociodemographic and psychosocial variables in the period of 2009-2017. A descriptivestudy with a sample of 10,061 young adults aged 18-30 years was performed. The data wereobtained from the European Health Survey in Spain in 2009 and 2014 and the National HealthSurvey in 2011/2012 and 2017. The chi-square test was used for qualitative variables, and multiplelinear regression analysis was performed for physical activity. Sedentary levels haddecreased in 2017 as compared to 2011/2012 (p In the period 2011/2012-2017, the sedentary lifestyle of young adults wasreduced and physical activity was increased, with men being more active than women.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BMIObesityOverweightPhysical activityYoung adultsAdolescentAdultBody mass indexExerciseFemaleHealth surveysHumansMaleObesitySedentary behaviorSmokersSmokingSpainYoung adultResearch article31640279open accessConducta sedentariaEjercicio físicoEncuestas epidemiológicasEspañaFumadoresObesidadÍndice de masa corporal10.3390/ijerph162040331660-4601PMC6843954https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/20/4033/pdf?version=1571830880https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6843954/pdf