International Physical Activity Questionnaire

We are interested in finding out about the kinds of physical activities that people do as part of their everyday lives. The questions will ask you about the time you spent being physically active in the last 7 days. Please answer each question even if you do not consider yourself to be an active person. Pease think about the activities you do at work, as part of your house and yard work, to get from place to place, and in spare time for recreation, exercise or sport. Think about all the vigorous activities that you did in the last 7 days. Vigorous physical activities refer to activities that take hard physical effort and make you breathe much harder than normal. Think only about those physical activities that you did for at least 10 minutes at a time. 1. During the last 7 days, on how many days did you do vigorous physical activities like heavy lifting, digging, chopping wood, speed skiing, running, aerobics, tennis or fast bicycling? _____ days per week No vigorous physical activities Skip to question 3 2. How much time did you usually spend doing vigorous physical activities on one of those days? _____ hours per day _____ minutes per day Don't know / Not sure Think about all the moderate activities that you did in the last 7 days. Moderate activities refer to activities that take moderate physical effort and make you breathe somewhat harder than normal. Think about those physical activities that you did for at least 10 minutes at a time. 3. During the last 7 days, on how many days did you do moderate physical activities like carrying light loads, bicycling at a regular pace, Nordic walking, roller skating or doubles tennis? Do not include walking. _____ days per week No moderate physical activities Skip to question 5