Abstract
Background: physical activity is defined as any movement of the body that uses energy such as walking, playing football and dancing. Physical activities can help in maintaining body's health and prevention of diseases. In addition, increasing the general health awareness about physical activities can prevent obesity and chronic diseases. Objectives: this study aimed to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice [KAP] of Saudi women regarding physical activity in eastern region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [KSA]. Methods: this was a cross-sectional study based on questionnaire was conducted 400 Saudi adult females and they were chosen randomly during the period from August to September 2018. The study included socio-demographics information and assessed the KAP about physical activity. Results: all participants were females 400 [100%] and about half of them were aged between 18-30 years old [46%]. Two-thirds of participants had college degree [67%]. The vast majority of the participants had good knowledge about the general benefits of physical activity [76.5%]. The majority of participants had positive attitude toward physical activity as 86.75% were planning in doing exercise in the future. But, the majority revealed that they didn't do regular physical exercise [79%]. Conclusion: the general knowledge of participants was good. Also, the participants showed positive attitude towards physical activities. In contrast, most of participants showed negative practice in which they did not do regular physical activities thus, more campaigns needed to enhance general population to do regular physical activities.