Association of ‘weekend warrior’ and other leisure time physical activity patterns with obesity and adiposity: A cross‐sectional study
Authors' conclusion
Engaging in physical activity even once or twice a week can positively impact weight control.
Study context
- Population
- Adults aged 17–79 years, Hong Kong Territory-Wide Physical Fitness Survey 2011–2012 and 2021–2022obesity data
- Participants
- 9,863 adults
- Exposure
- Leisure-time moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) patterns: weekend warriors, regularly active and insufficiently active vs inactive
- Outcome
- Obesity risk (general and abdominal) and body fat percentage
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
General and abdominal obesity; body fat
- Weekend warriors and regularly active had lower risks of general and abdominal obesity and reduced body fat vs inactive
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Insufficiently active with ≥3 days of MVPA
- Significantly lower body fat and obesity risk vs inactive
Original publication
Association of ‘weekend warrior’ and other leisure time physical activity patterns with obesity and adiposity: A cross‐sectional study. Diabetes Obes Metab. Published 25 November 2024. doi:10.
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