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Sandrine Bertrais, PhD, Paul Preziosi, MD, Louise Mennen, PhD, Pilar Galan, MD, PhD, Serge Hercberg, MD, PhD and Jean-Michel Oppert, MD, PhD

Sandrine Bertrais, Paul Preziosi, Louise Mennen, Pilar Galan, and Serge Hercberg, are with the Unité Mixte de Recherche, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM U557), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA U1125), Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM EA3200-MR), Paris Prance. Louise Mennen and Serge Hercberg are also with the Unité de Surveillance et d’Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (USEN), Institut de Veille Sanitaire (InVS)-CNAM, Paris, France. Jean-Michel Oppert is with the Service de Nutrition, Hôtel-Dieu, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), EA 3502 Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Serge Hercberg, MD, PhD, Nutritional Epidemiology Research Unit, UMR INSERM U557, INRA U1125, CNAM EA 3200-MR, 5 rue du Vertbois, F-75003 Paris, France (e-mail: hercberg{at}cnam.fr).

Objective. We evaluated the characteristics of French subjects meeting current public health recommendations for physical activity.

Methods. We assessed leisure-time physical activity cross-sectionally in 7404 adults aged 45 to 68 years with applied logistic regression models.

Results. Meeting the recommended physical activity levels was more likely in subjects aged 60 years and older and in women with higher education levels or living in rural areas and was less likely in smokers. No association was found with time spent watching television. The contribution of vigorous activity to total time spent being active was approximately 2 times higher in subjects meeting recommendations.

Conclusions. Participation in some vigorous activity may be viewed as a "facilitator" to attain physical activity recommendations. Relationships with physical environment variables in Europe need further investigation.

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