Author/Authors :
KUKIĆ, Filip Department of Analysis and Diagnosis in Sport - Faculty of Sport and Physical Education - University of Belgrade - Belgrade, Serbia , DOPSAJ, Milivoj Department of Analysis and Diagnosis in Sport - Faculty of Sport and Physical Education - University of Belgrade - Belgrade, Serbia , Đorđević NIKIĆ, Marina Department of Analysis and Diagnosis in Sport - Faculty of Sport and Physical Education - University of Belgrade - Belgrade, Serbia , KOROPANOVSKI, Nenad Department of Police Sciences - University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies - Belgrade, Serbia , MAKSIMOVIĆ, Miloš Faculty of Medicine - University of Belgrade, Serbia , EMINOVIĆ, Fadilj Department of Motor Impairments - Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation - University of Belgrade - Belgrade, Serbia , DOPSAJ, Violeta Department of Medical Biochemistry - Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Belgrade - Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract :
Leisure time physical activity (LTPA) is funda-mental to people’s health, their proper function-ing and quality of life. Increased LTPA is associ-ated with better body composition . More importantly, LTPA is negatively associated with all-cause mortality and positively related to in-creased life expectancy . Lower levels of physi-cal activity followed by an increased level of ab-dominal body fatness increases the proclivity to cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and the metabol-ic syndrome . This is important, as obesity is a leading public health problem in both developed and developing countries.
Keywords :
Leisure-Time , Physical , Body , LTPA
