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Public Health"],"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study aims to investigate physical activity behavior among occupational populations in China\u2019s economically developed regions, identifies associated factorsinfluencing factors, and explores its cross-sectional associations with multiple health indicatorshealth effects.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional study was conducted on 6,836 employees from 64 enterprises in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong using 2024 Asia Best Workplace Selection Project data. Descriptive statistics, chi-square test, rank sum test and two-level logistic regression were applied to analyze activity status, influencing factors and health effects.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Only 37.9% of participants met sufficient activity standards. Individual factors (male gender, age \u226540\u202fyears, unmarried status, higher education, no overtime, no perceived exercise barriers) and enterprise factors (equipped fitness facilities, provided health checkups) were significantly associated with higher odds ofwere protective factors for sufficient exercise (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.05). Insufficient activity was associated with higher prevalence of WMSDs, depression, and anxiety symptoms (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.05), and also with a significantly different overall BMI distribution, though the combined overweight\/obesity prevalence did not differ between groups. Insufficient activity was associated with higher prevalence of overweight\/obesity, work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), depression and anxiety (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Physical activity levels of occupational populations in China\u2019s economically developed regions are relatively low, affected by individual and enterprise factors. Sufficient physical activity was associated with a lower prevalence of multiple physical and depressive and anxiety symptomsmental health problems, providing empirical support for formulating targeted occupational health promotion strategies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2026.1862393","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,22]],"date-time":"2026-09-22T05:38:58Z","timestamp":1790055538000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Physical activity and its associated factors and health correlates: a cross-sectional study of the occupational population in China\u2019s economically developed regions"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Biandi","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Peking University Health Science Center\u2011Life Talk Lifestyle Medicine Joint Laboratory","place":["Beijing, China"]},{"name":"Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiamin","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Peking University Health Science Center\u2011Life Talk Lifestyle Medicine Joint Laboratory","place":["Beijing, China"]},{"name":"Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qiang","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Peking University Health Science Center\u2011Life Talk Lifestyle Medicine Joint Laboratory","place":["Beijing, China"]},{"name":"Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuyang","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Peking University Health Science Center\u2011Life Talk Lifestyle Medicine Joint Laboratory","place":["Beijing, China"]},{"name":"Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xinqi","family":"Cai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Peking University Health Science Center\u2011Life Talk Lifestyle Medicine Joint Laboratory","place":["Beijing, China"]},{"name":"Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Defu","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Peking University Health Science Center\u2011Life Talk Lifestyle Medicine Joint Laboratory","place":["Beijing, China"]},{"name":"Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"30","DOI":"10.1186\/s12966-019-0790-9","article-title":"Device-measured physical activity, sedentary behaviour and cardiometabolic health and fitness across occupational groups: a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"16","author":"Prince","year":"2019","journal-title":"Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"442","DOI":"10.16168\/j.cnki.issn.1002-9982.2022.05.012","article-title":"Exploration of influencing factors of physical exercise behavior among occupational populations","volume":"38","author":"Liu","year":"2022","journal-title":"Chin J Health Educ"},{"key":"ref3","article-title":"Healthy China Action Promotion Committee. 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