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- Title
Association of BMI and Gender with Physical Activity among Young Adults.
- Authors
Masilamani, Padmavathy Kathamuthu; Ali Hussin Khan, Muhammad Faiz; Izzuddin Bin Zulkarnain, Muhammad Aiman; Binti Marzuki, Maryam Nabilah; Mastor, Nur Syahirah; Mohd Pazli, Nur’aliya Husna; Abdullah Zawawi, Nurdinie Syafiqah; Sankaran, Rohith Sharan
- Abstract
Introduction: According to World Health Organisation (WHO), regular physical activity helps to prevent and treat noncommunicable diseases, to maintain healthy body weight, improve mental health, quality of life and well-being. Time management, mental health issues and excess body weight are some factors that may cause lack of physical activity among young adults. Approximately 31% of the global population aged ≥15 years engages in insufficient physical activity, contribute to approximately 3.2 million death every year. The aim of the study is to analyse the relationship between BMI and gender with the current state of physical activity among young adults. Methods: This cross-sectional study included the undergraduate students in UniKL-RCMP. The sample size calculated, and the sampling was done randomly. A set of online questionnaires was given to 155 participants, included three parts containing consent form, socio-demographic data, and details of physical activity. All the variables were computed and analysed in SPSS 26.0 using appropriate statistical tests where p<0.05 was considered as significant. Results: Out of 155 respondents, 32.9% were male and 67.1% were female. The highest percentage were ‘inactive’ (51%) and 39% were ‘minimally active’ while only10% were doing ‘Health-Enhancing-Physical-Activity’ (HEPA). Two most common reasons were ‘Insufficient Time for Exercises’ (65%) and ‘Lack Self-Motivation’ (61%) and the least common reason was ‘Fear of Injury/Recent Injury’ (21%). Physical activity was associated with gender (p<0.05) but no significant association with BMI. Conclusion: Most of the participants were with normal weight (56%) and half of them were inactive. Overweight and obese were 21% but none of them involved in HEPA which could cobtribute their excess weight. Females were mostly inactive, and males were mostly minimally active. Hence more physical activity is warranted to these young adults to avoid future health issues.
- Subjects
WORLD Health Organization; YOUNG adults; PHYSICAL activity; GENDER; QUALITY of life; NON-communicable diseases
- Publication
Malaysian Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences, 2024, Vol 20, p73
- ISSN
1675-8544
- Publication type
Abstract