Large ethnic variations in recommended physical activity according to activity domains in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

ABSTRACT: Purpose: The level of recommended physical activity (PA) is met less frequently by people from some ethnic minorities than others. We explored whether these differences in recommended PA between ethnic minority groups and the general population varied by domain and type of culturally-specific activity. METHODS: Participants were sampled from the population based SUNSET study and were from ethnic Dutch (n=567), Hindustani-Surinamese (n=370) and African-Surinamese (n=689) descent. The validated SQUASH-questionnaire measured PA for the following domains: commuting, occupation, household... Mehr ...