Physical activity recommendations for health: knowledge and perceptions among college students
Every population subgroup should know the physical activity (PA) recommendations to benefit their health. The present study sought to examine the knowledge and explore the perceptions of PA recommendations for adults among Portuguese college students, by gender and fields of study. A total of 255...
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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2019
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| Sumario: | Every population subgroup should know the physical activity (PA) recommendations to benefit their health. The present
study sought to examine the knowledge and explore the perceptions of PA recommendations for adults among Portuguese college
students, by gender and fields of study. A total of 255 bachelor students (55.3% women; Mage = 21.0±2.2 years) from sport sciences,
health sciences and other fields, from four colleges in Portugal, answered to an online questionnaire. College students’ answers about
knowledge of PA recommendations were submitted to an inductive thematic analysis. The chi-square test was used to assess if
knowledge of PA recommendations was independent of gender and fields of study. The majority of students (51.0%) assumed not
knowing the PA recommendations. From those that assumed to know the PA recommendations, only 9.8% got them right, 42%
overestimated, 10.7% underestimated and 37.5% did not know them for other reasons, with no differences found by gender and field of
study. Overall, these students fail to identify the minutes per week and the intensity of PA dimensions of the PA recommendations.
Portuguese students do not know the PA recommendations for health, including the sports and health sciences students. Implications for
the development of national PA recommendations and public health campaigns to improve knowledge of college students are discussed. |
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