Assessment of School-Based Physical Activity among School-Going Children
Keywords:
Body Mass index, Children, Obesity, Physical Activity, Physical education, SchoolAbstract
BACKGROUND AND AIM
Physical inactivity and obesity are the two emerging problems in Pakistan. Schools have been identified as an important setting for health promotion through physical activity participation. Many schools in Pakistan mainly concentrates on the higher study level and very low attention towards children’s physical health that may impair due to low physical activity level and increased sedentary behavior leading to obesity and other health issues. Aim of the study to assess the level of physical activity among school-going children.
METHODOLOGY
A cross-sectional exploration was lead at schools of district T. M.Khan, Sindh from Oct-2019 to Feb-2020. Raosoft Tool used to calculated data. Instrument utilized for information assortment contains Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children (PAQ-C) to survey active work. Information were entered and broke down by SPSS-22 version.
RESULTS
Total 400 members were included in investigation, among 328 onlookers were young ladies and 72 were young men. The mean age ± SD of the members was 13.79 ± 1.522. The mean BMI ± SD of the members was 25.05 ± 1.19 which falls into the classification of overweight.
CONCLUSION
The concluded of this investigation propose that children have a light degree of PA. Most adolescents said they didn't attend physical education (PE) classes because they didn't have PE classes at school. About 2.50% of adolescents are obese and 10.30% are overweight.
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