Physical Activity Measured by Pedometer in a Peri-Urban Mozambican Population.

Aim: This study was performed to describe physical activity behavior and its demographic associations in a peri-urban population from Mozambique, using device-based data.

Methods: Physical activity was assessed by pedometers in a sample of 15- to 64-year-old subjects from Maputo, Mozambique. Participants wore a pedometer for 7 consecutive days, and physical inactivity was classified using a variety of approaches: sedentary (<5000 steps/d), physically inactive (<7500 steps/d), and no moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA < 1 min/d).