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Activity levels for female students at Qassim University

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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 Fundamentals and programs for training sports activities, multiple sports, competitions and individual sports

Abstract

It is well established that physical inactivity is associated with excess weight and adverse health outcomes in middle eastern women. The aim of this study is to assess the level of inactivity among female students at al-Qassim University, KSA. Healthy 127 female students from Al-Qassim university participated in this study (Age 20±1 year, Mass 55.63±9.91 kg, Stature 157.18±5.25 cm). Smart wristband bracelet was used to track daily step counts, walking distance, level of activity, amount of sleep, resting heart rate and the daily number of calories burned. There was a significant difference between active and inactive female participants (P<0.005). Active participants steps counts were 3.5 times higher than inactive participants. The level of activity has affected positively the resting heart rate and sleeping hours on active females (p=0.00, sleeping 8.6±2.6 vs 7.6±3.6). For active participants twice the daily calories where burned compared to the inactive participation group (p=0.00). the modernised life in the KSA has had a direct impact of the level of activity among female participants. This study has shown that neither the active or inactive groups that participated in this study reach the minimum daily recommend level of exercise advocated by the WHO.,

DOI

10.21608/eijssa.2020.29274.1010

Keywords

Inactivity, Female Students, Steps, calories

Authors

First Name

Abdulazeem

Last Name

Alotaibi

MiddleName

Saud

Affiliation

Head of physical education department at Qassim University

Email

athom_14@hotmail.com

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Volume

013

Article Issue

013

Related Issue

12693

Issue Date

2020-02-01

Receive Date

2020-01-02

Publish Date

2020-02-01

Page Start

111

Page End

119

Print ISSN

3009-7401

Online ISSN

2356-9417

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https://eijssa.journals.ekb.eg/article_86666.html

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6

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Editorial

Type Code

1,156

Publication Type

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Publication Title

International Journal of Sports Science and Arts

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https://eijssa.journals.ekb.eg/

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Activity levels for female students at Qassim University

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Created At

22 Jan 2023