Physical Exercise
Practiced by Adolescents Students by Zarallo GR, Chamorro MZC*, Luque AG and
Prado MS in COJ Nursing & Healthcare: Crimson Publishers_ Medical Rehabilitation
Introduction: Physical inactivity or
sedentary lifestyle is the fourth risk factor for global mortality and one of
the main risk factors for chronic noncommunicable diseases. In Europe and
worldwide, a significant proportion of young people and adults have sedentary
or low physical activity habits.
Objective: To explore the
prevalence, frequency and type of physical exercise practiced by adolescent students
in Extremadura (Spain) between 14 and 21 years of age, as well as the perceived
barriers to not performing physical exercise.
Methods: Descriptive
cross-sectional study. The sample was formed by public high school and
university students from Extremadura in Cáceres, from 14 to 21 years old. On
May of 2018, sociodemographic and questions related to practice of physical
exercise data were collected. Chi square was used for the qualitative variable,
in the bivariate analysis.
Result: 56 adolescent students
have participated. 74.1% of students indicate that they practice physical exercise
normally. Statistically significant differences were detected between gender
and exercise practice (p<0.05). 24.1% of the participants chose running,
12.1% walking, 17.2% go to gym to perform muscle exercises and 12.1% play
football, followed by other sports in smaller proportion. Regarding if they
have any impediment to perform physical exercise due to injury, illness or lack
of time, 19% indicated it.
Conclusion: Although most adolescents
practice physical exercise, with a frequency of at least two or three days a
week and the most frequent exercises among adolescents are running, walking and
going to the gym, it is necessary to continue promoting healthy lifestyle
habits related to the practice of physical exercise
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