Social determinants of physical activity in healthy Sicilian women: targets to reduce health inequalities

Background Physical activity (PA) is an important modifiable risk factor for several types of chronic diseases such as obesity. About 35% of European adults did not meet the PA recommendations in 2008. It has been demonstrated that obesity and physical inactivity are closely related, but the direction of this association remains uncertain. Recent data support the effect of Body Mass Index (BMI) on future PA, rather than the effect of activity on future BMI. The objective of …