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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2012 Jan;36(1):56–65. doi: 10.5993/ajhb.36.1.6

Table 6.

Most Frequently Performed Behaviors by Intensity and Weight Status

Weight Classification
Intensity Leisure time activity Normal
Weight
Overweight Obese
Moderate Walking 47.0% 50.0% 52.0%
Stretching 9.4% 7.7% 7.4%
Weight lifting 7.7% 6.8% 5.7%
Dance 4.3% 3.3% 4.1%
Bicycling 3.8% 3.6% 3.6%

Stair climbing 3.1% 3.7% 4.4%
Golf 2.4% 3.2% 2.3%
Aerobics 2.3% <2% <2%
Treadmill 2.1% 2.9% 2.2%
Swimming <2% <2% 2.8%

Vigorous Running 20.9% 17.3% 10.9%
Bicycling 10.3% 9.8% 10.7%
Aerobics 8.6% 8.0% 8.7%
Walking 8.0% 8.1% 9.8%
Treadmill 7.0% 9.8% 9.6%

Stair climbing 6.8% 8.9% 11.8%
Weight lifting 5.1% 4.6% 4.5%
Basketball 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
Swimming 3.7% 4.1% 4.2%
Hiking 2.6% 3.9% 2.6%