Implicancias en la actividad física y la salud del Programa CicloRecreoVía en Chile

Margarita Greene · Manfredo Corado

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d,e , MaRgaRita gReene 2,3,b,e , ManfRedo CoRado c Physical activity and health implications of the CicloRecreoVia program in ChileBackground: With approximately 66% of the population overweight and nearly 90% with sedentary lifestyles, obesity has become a major public health problem in Chile.Thus, in the last fifteen years health policies have promoted active lifestyles.An interesting initiative in this context is the CicloRecreoVia program, which closes a set of public streets on Sunday mornings, allowing people to carry out PA in streets free of vehicles.Aim: To characterize PA and mobility patterns of participants of the CicloRecreoVia program in Santiago.Material and Methods: 401 participants of five circuits of the CicloRecreoVia surveyed on the type, frequency and durantion of the PA carried out, their daily mobility habits, motivations for attending the CicloRecreoVia, self-perceived health condition, among other aspects.Results: Participants spent 113 minutes in the CicloRecreoVia, 77% declared walking or bicycling at least 10 minutes per day and 56.7% traveled actively (bicycling or walking) at least four times per week.Finally, 69.1% perceived their health condition "better" or "much better" than one year ago.In addition, it was noted that CicloRecreoVías attracted different type of participants depending on their location in the city.Conclusions: In line with previous studies, most users achieve about 75% of the weekly PA recommended by attending the CicloRecreoVía, and the main motivations to attend the program were to make PA, to be outdoor and to socialize.As a result, the CicloRecreoVía has the potential to become an effective public nationwide health policy to combat obesity.

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