Accepted Article This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/jan.13181 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Received Date : 09-May-2016 Revised Date : 10-Sep-2016 Accepted Date : 28-Sep-2016 Article type : Original Research: Empirical research - quantitative Title: Predictors of physical activity and barriers to exercise in nursing and medical students Running head: PA of healthcare students Holly BLAKE 1 , Natalia STANULEWICZ 2 , Francesca MCGILL 3 1 School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK. 2 School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, UK. 3 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK. Dr Holly BLAKE BA PhD CPsychol Associate Professor of Behavioural Science, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, A Floor, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2HA. t: 0115 8231049 / f: 0115 8231211. e: holly.blake@nottingham.ac.uk Twitter: hollyblakenotts Natalia STANULEWICZ MA MBPsS (corresponding author) Doctoral student, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD. e: lpxnkk@nottingham.ac.uk