Lifestyle factors such as physical inactivity is heavily correlated with the development of many chronic diseases and this might also contribute to abdominally obese among married people. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of physical inactivity and the association with abdominal obesity among married adults in the residential area of Salak, Sepang, Selangor.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among community who were selected through a simple random sampling. Malaysian, aged more than 18-year-old and fulfill the inclusion & exclusion criteria were interviewed using a set of validated questionnaires. The data were analyzed using JASP.
Almost 46% of the respondents were physically inactive and majority were female (50.6 %), ≥60 age (58.8%) and retiree (60%) with lack of time was the most common barrier (60%). However, there was no significant association between physical activity and abdominal obesity.
Therefore, more awareness program should be focusedon physical inactivity and married life.
Keywords: physical inactive, abdominal obesity, waist circumference, married, Selangor.
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