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hobby

Also known as public sport, pastime, passtime, hobbies

thumb|Le Philatéliste by François Barraud, showing a person collecting postage stamps as a hobby

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A hobby is an activity that someone pursues regularly in their leisure time for enjoyment and personal interest, such as collecting postage stamps as shown in this artwork. Hobbies matter because they allow people to explore their passions, develop skills, and find fulfillment outside of work or daily obligations.

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Research

3,837 papers

Hobby engagement and mental wellbeing among people aged 65 years and older in 16 countries.Nature medicine · 2023Mak HW, Noguchi T, Bone JK et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02506-1
Hobby Engagement and Risk of Disabling Dementia.Journal of epidemiology · 2023Matsumura T, Muraki I, Ikeda A et al.DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20210489
Moderating effect of country-level health determinants on the association between hobby engagement and mental health: cross-cohort multi-level models, meta-analyses, and meta-regressions.Lancet (London, England) · 2023Fancourt D, Noguchi T, Bone JK et al.DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02091-3
Independent clinical research: hobby or profession.Gastroenterologia y hepatologia · 2022Bujanda LDOI: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2021.12.001
Hobby study.The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association · 1959CONDON ME
Sauna--a hobby or for health?ReviewJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 1989Ernst EDOI: 10.1177/014107688908201103
Model Building as an Educational Hobby.Circulation. Heart failure · 2016Stevenson LW, Davis RBDOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003457
Teaching Video NeuroImage: Peculiar Hobby Horse Gait in Huntington Disease-like 2.Neurology · 2022Guimarães TG, Parmera JB, Barbosa ER et al.DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000200603

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Commons category: Hobbies
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Contents

Etymology
History
Hobbyists
Types of hobbies
Collecting
Observing
Making and tinkering
Activity participation
Liberal arts pursuits
Sports and games
Psychological role
Significant achievements
See also
References
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thumb|Le Philatéliste by François Barraud, showing a person collecting postage stamps as a hobby

A hobby is considered to be a regular activity that is done for enjoyment, typically during one's leisure time. Hobbies include collecting themed items and objects, engaging in creative and artistic pursuits, playing sports, or pursuing other amusements or avocations. Participation in hobbies encourages acquiring substantial skills and knowledge in that area. A list of hobbies changes with renewed interests and developing fashions, making it diverse and lengthy. Hobbies tend to follow trends in society. For example, stamp collecting was popular during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as postal systems were the main means of communication; , video games became more popular following technological advances. The advancing production, technology, and labour movements of the nineteenth century provided workers with more leisure time to engage in hobbies. Because of this, the efforts of people investing in hobbies has increased with time.