Opinion of community-dwelling elderly obese about the barriers and facilitators to engage physical exercise

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Opinion of community‑dwelling elderly obese about the barriers and facilitators to engage physical exercise Raquel Sebio1 · Mateu Serra‑Prat2,3  Received: 16 July 2019 / Accepted: 23 December 2019 © Springer-Verlag Italia S.r.l., part of Springer Nature 2020

Abstract Objective  Adherence of elderly population to physical exercise programs is scarce. Our objective was to identify perceived barriers and facilitators reported by obese older adults to engage in regular physical activity and to explore their association with poor active life. Study design  A cross-sectional survey was performed. Methods  One hundred and eighty community-dwelling, obese (BMI > 30 and