Factors predicting barriers to exercise in midlife Australian women

Highlights • Chronic diseases are largely preventable and are largely attributable to modifiable lifestyle risk factors, including lack of exercise. • This study investigated the perceived barriers to exercise in 225 midlife Australian women with an average age of 50.9 who completed an online surve. • Hierarchical regression modelling found that the predictors of perceptions of exercise barriers are exercise benefits perceptions, exercise self-efficacy, and physical and mental well-being. • These findings have application to the design and delivery of exercise behavior change interventions for midlife women.