This study examines perspectives of Saudi university students regarding changing gender roles as affected by women's rights, education, employment, and activity in the public sphere. Results from a questionnaire distributed among 4,455 male and female students indicate students are confident and optimistic about improving gender equity, however resistance from those holding traditional views still exist. Female respondents are more optimistic than male respondents,seeing changes in gender roles as advantageous to their personal and professional lives. Representing a group of allies, a majority of male students regard changing gender roles positively. Men and women reported personal courage to address these challenges, which is an asset moving forward. While approval will never reach consensus,changes may be forthcoming. By surveying the Saudi university population, this study seeks to inform strategy and policy. Gender equity is only possible through increased societal acceptance of women's freedom in their everyday lives.

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The aim of this study was to explore relationships between common diseases, i.e. obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol as well as asthma, and socio-demographic variables: residence place, age, weight, educational level, along with level of physical activity among women in Saudi Arabia. On the strength of a purposive sample, it comprised of 1233 Saudi women from central, eastern, western, northern and southern regions of KSA. The findings supported the hypotheses that obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol and asthma were related to place of residence, age, weight, educational level, as well as level of physical activity. Hence, the results highlighted the importance of socio-demographic and exercise in controlling common diseases to a considerable extent.

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This study aimed to detect the common diseases among Saudi women and their relationship with the level of physical activity and some variables. This study was applied to 1233 Saudi woman in different regions of the Kingdom, and adopted to explore the common diseases: obesity, hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol and asthma.The study results showed the existence of a statistically significant relationship between the common diseases among Saudi women and the variables of educational level, the nature of the profession, the social status, the justification of the practice of physical activity, the rate of participation in physical activity per week, the practice of physical activity in relation to asthma and the number of children with regard to obesity.The study provided a number of recommendations including: the need to strengthen the role of culture in promoting physical activity by women, through health education via the health centers in the Kingdom.Keywords: common diseases, physical activity, aerobic exercise, sports clubs BackgroundThe practice of women's sports activities help women to refine their talents. The trend is to create good habits and to win social and moral qualities and prevention of common diseases infecting them. It also helps to show restraint and respect for self and others and the community, the sport of women's activities provide fitness to ensure that its integrated balanced life free of common diseases.The practice of physical activity have an important role in the prevention and treatment of many diseases, such as: type II diabetes, heart disease and many types of cancer. The World Health Organization (WHO) showed that the lack of physical activity is considered most universally fourth factor dangers of individuals' life to cause the occurrence of deaths worldwide. It is responsible of the occurrence of 6% of deaths in the world and an estimated 3.2 million deaths per year, including 2.6 million in developing countries and 670,000 premature deaths (C3 Collaborating for Health, 2011).The practice of physical activity considered the most important methods and strategies that contribute to the prevention and treatment of diseases caused by lack of exercise activities. Merza et al.'s (2013) studies noted the prevalence of common diseases among Saudi women was the most important of these diseases: asthma, obesity, hypertension, high cholesterol, hyperglycemia and it was directly related to the level of sports practice and the lack of women's sports facilities available in the Saudi society.Studies have shown that heart disease is the leading killer of women in the United States, in addition to obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, especially American women of African origin. The studies have shown that there is a gap between the health practices and the behavior of American women of the middle class, where they are more likely to be overweight due to low physical activity (Reeder, 2011, p. 323).The women's exercise of physical activity affects his physical on both sid...