Abstract
Background: In today's urbanized and technologies society, physical activity (PA) is becoming an increasingly peripheral part of our daily lives. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for PA levels for promoting maintaining health among adults.
Methods and objectives: This analytical cross-sectional study design was conducted among medical student at Hail university Hail, KSA, to assess the level of physical activity among participants.
Results: For the purpose of this study290 medical students were participated, 55% were males while 45% were females, age group ranged from 18 to 26 years old; Our study demonstrated that doing any types of physical activity where vigorous or moderate physical activities or even walking ranged between 1 to 3 hours per day; but when compare having any types of physical activity according to gender, males were more physically active than females related to vigorous or moderate physical activities, Our findings also indicated that the sitting time was ranged from 120 to 480 minutes with the mean of 300 minutes per day and finally Our study revealed that small number of participants 26%, 18% and 28% who had more than 5 days of vigorous physical activities, moderate physical activities or walk for at least 10 minutes per week respectively.
Conclusion: Physical activity being one of the leading health indicators worldwide and all individuals should engage regularly moderate physical activity for at least 30 minutes per day, so health promotion interventions and programs should be carried out to encourage youth practicing healthy life style including physical activity.