Comparing the Physical Activity Patterns of Male and Female Students in the Preparatory Year in Saudi Arabia

Alkahtani, Shaea; Awad, Noha

doi:10.4172/2165-7904.1000308

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“…Our study showed significant difference in physical activity levels between male and female students. Insignificant relationship between gender and physical activity had been documented by previous studies [18,32]. Although, other studies either disclosed higher level of physical activity among males [30,31,33] or females [34].…”

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Correlation between physical activity, eating behavior and obesity among Sudanese medical students Sudan

2019

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Background: Obesity has emerged as a major health problem. Prevalence is increasing hugely. Various etiological factors had been identified as potential causes of obesity. There is an increasing need to study different determinants of obesity especially the physical activity and eating habits. Future doctors considered as role models in community. Doctor wellbeing's does not just affect them it has robust impact on their surroundings. More knowledge about determinants of obesity among medical students may shed light concerning obesity prevention and control. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the relationships between physical activity, eating patterns, and obesity among medical students.Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted among 216 medical students at Al-Neelain University selected by stratified random sampling. Data were collected by self-administered questionnaire, which included background data. International physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ) was used to determine physical activity level and the three factors eating questionnaire Revised 18 (TFEQ-r18) was used to determine eating behavior. Also, anthropometric measurements were performed for each participant. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 23 program. Descriptive data were presented as means ± SD and percentages. The relationships between BMI and physical activity levels and between BMI and eating pattern were analysed using non parametric test. P value < 0.05 was considered significant. . Results:The prevalence of obesity among students was 6.5% and overweight was 22.2%. The study showed that 44.9% of medical students had low activity level while 32% of students had moderate activity level and 23.1% had high physical activity level. There was no significant relationship between physical activity and body mass index (BMI) in this study. The common eating pattern among students was controlled eating (45.8%). There was significant relationship between eating behaviors and BMI (P = 0.01). Conclusion:The study revealed eating habits has stronger impact on BMI than physical activity. Disturbing figures regarding overweight and low physical activity among medical students, identified in this study, encourages implementation of health programs. Emphasize on importance and benefits of physical activity and eating habits in medical curricula.

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Correlation between physical activity, eating behavior and obesity among Sudanese medical students Sudan

2019

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“…Consequently, college and university students are more susceptible to weight gain during the college/university transition period, which is contributed by increased calorie intake and decreased physical activities [ 18 , 19 ]. Among tertiary level students, female students were found to have less engagement in physical activities compared to male students [ 20 – 22 ], as the female students often had lower motivation compared to male students [ 23 ]. This could potentially explain their failure in achieving the target of 10,000 steps daily, approximately similar to 150 minutes/week of moderate-intensity physical activity as recommended in several studies [ 24 – 27 ].…”

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Motivations, barriers and exercise preferences among female undergraduates: A need assessment analysis

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Introduction The decreasing level of physical activity among female undergraduates is worrying as it is associated with the increased risk of non-communicable diseases. Thus, this study aimed to identify the motivations, barriers and preferences towards exercise among female undergraduates in Malaysia. Methods A non-probability purposive sampling was used for the recruitment process. The inclusion criteria of the participants were registered female undergraduates and aged between 18–30 years old. A semi-structured in-depth interview was used to collect topic-related information from the participants and signed consents were obtained prior to the interview. The interview questions were on respondents’ understanding of exercise, motivation and barriers to exercise, and exercise preferences. The recruitment process was conducted until the data was saturated. All interviews were audio recorded and manually transcribed verbatim. NVivo 11 was used to conduct the inductive analysis of the data to develop themes for motivation and barriers to exercise. For exercise preferences, four predetermined themes were used. Findings A total of 26 respondents participated in this study. Eight themes were found for motivation to exercise, with the most common themes being maintaining or improving appearance, health benefits and togetherness. For barriers of exercising, five themes were found, and the most common ones were disliking exercise and no motivation. For exercise preferences, most respondents preferred a structured exercise program with flexibility in terms of when and where the exercise could be conducted. Light or moderate intensity exercise for 10–30 minutes with a frequency of 1–2 times a week was desired the most among the respondents. Conclusion In conclusion, personal and environmental factors play important roles in motivating or hampering female undergraduates to exercise, and a structured program was the preferred mode of exercise of these respondents. A new exercise module was designed based on this needs assessment with a 70% acceptance rate among the participants. These findings can help the future development of more exercise modules tailored to female university students.

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“…The importance of increasing physical activity is well understood and Jayedi, Gohari, & Bidar 27 suggests daily increases in step counts may be associated with a decreased risk of death in adults later in life. While greater steps counts may be associated with decreased risk for death, the previous self-reported data, found physical activity and confidence to be active appears to be different based on the sex of emerging adults 14 . In more recent research on college-aged adults, utilizing WFT, have identified that male students engage in significantly more moderate to vigorous activity when compared to age-matched females 14 .…”

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“…While greater steps counts may be associated with decreased risk for death, the previous self-reported data, found physical activity and confidence to be active appears to be different based on the sex of emerging adults 14 . In more recent research on college-aged adults, utilizing WFT, have identified that male students engage in significantly more moderate to vigorous activity when compared to age-matched females 14 . A study by Keating et al 11 did determine that male college-aged adults participated in more vigorous exercise than female college-aged adults while others showed no significant differences among males and females.…”

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Tracking 30-Day Physical Activity Behavior with Wearable Fitness Trackers in College-Aged Adults

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Howard

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Introduction: Consumer grade, wrist-worn wearable fitness trackers (WFT) are commonly worn on a daily basis by college-aged adults. Objectively assessing college-aged adults physical activity throughout a 30-day period has not been well documented to accurately assess physical activity behavior. Methods: Fifteen college-aged participants (male n=7 and female n=9), completed the 30-day tracking assessment while wearing a wrist-worn WFT. The WFT was worn on the non-dominant hand, per manufacture guidelines and was to only be removed to charge the battery, at night during sleeping hours. Results: Throughout the 30 days, males accumulated more steps, expended more calories, and traveled a greater distance than their female counterparts, p < 0.005 for all. There were no main effects for step counts, daily caloric expenditure and daily total distance for days of the week (p ≥ 0.128 for all). However, there was a significant sex by day of the week interaction for daily steps (p = 0.005), but not total calories or total distance (p ≥ 0.096). Conclusions: Males were more active and expended more calories than females throughout 30 days of monitoring. However, the day of the week did not significantly alter physical activity and caloric expenditure.

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Comparing the Physical Activity Patterns of Male and Female Students in the Preparatory Year in Saudi Arabia

Cited by 5 publications

References 27 publications

Correlation between physical activity, eating behavior and obesity among Sudanese medical students Sudan

Correlation between physical activity, eating behavior and obesity among Sudanese medical students Sudan

Motivations, barriers and exercise preferences among female undergraduates: A need assessment analysis

Tracking 30-Day Physical Activity Behavior with Wearable Fitness Trackers in College-Aged Adults

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