Physical activity of inhabitants of the Baltic countries as a social problem in globalization era
ENThe article presents the characteristics of physical activity undertaken by the inhabitants of the Baltic countries. The basis for the analysis were the results obtained using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) developed by the WHO (2010) standards, concerning the minimum of physical activity for a person in the globalization era. As a research method, the analysis of documents (existing data) was adopted, and their interpretation was carried out using the methods of descriptive statistics. In the analysis, authors included data from individual Baltic countries as well as Eurobarometer reports. The aim of the article is to present the specifics of physical activity undertaken by the residents of: Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Finland in the adult and adolescent population and draw attention to the global problem of too low physical activity undertaken by people. Among others, it included: the type of effort, its components and time spent on physical activity. The available data from 2017 show that in the Nordic countries, only a small proportions of adult respondents never exercise or play sport: Finland (13%), Sweden (15%) and Denmark (20%). In Germany, 38% of people do not do sport, and 48% citizens of Estonia. The highest percentage of respondents not practicing sports was recorded in Lithuania (51%), Poland (56%) and Latvia (56%). The presented tendency of sports practicing by adults in individual countries is also confirmed by the results of research conducted among teenagers.
