Abstract
The balance of physical activity, fitness and nutrition is important to people's daily lives. The main purpose of this study was to establish profile of physical activity, health fitness (VO2max), body composition, and dietary intake among college students in Malaysia. This cross-sectional study was carried out at the Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), whereby a total of 330 respondents of 1500 undergraduate and postgraduate students. Energy expenditure exercise levels (EEEL) was assessed by using physical activity lifestyle questionnaire (PALQ), health fitness (VO2max) and body composition were examined through Queen's College step test, Heath & Carter method, and skinfold technique, whereas dietary intake was assessed via the administration of Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). According to somatotype anthropo¬metric rating (low = 0.5 - 2.5, moderate = 3 - 5 and high = 5.5 - 7), in Endomorphy 5.17 and 4.83, Mesomorphy 5.12 and 3.15 and Ectomorphy 1.72 and 2.09. BMI for male and female were 24.8 and 22.0 in Malay 24.9 and 22.2, Chinese 23.1 and 20.8, Indian 27.4 and 23.2. Overweight prevalen¬ce was 46.5% men, 17.4% women. %BF in below and above 30 years in male were respectively 17.1±8.2 and 28.9±5.9 and in female 20.89±4.5 and 28.18±6.7. Estimated VO2max was 44.5ml.kg-1.min-1 in male and 34.34ml.kg-1.min-1 in female. Thus, male respondents were more susceptible to diseases and compl¬ications in comparison to females. Therefore, physical activity may need to emphasize the amount, int¬ensity, and activity types for promoting overall public health, not merely exercise time.
Highlights
Health is a state of physical well-being or physical fitness that is defined by how well the body is functioning in accordance with its natural design and how well this natural design affords individuals the ability to achieve essential functional objectives of humans on a biological and personal level [1]
The main purpose of this study is to study the physical activity, health fitness (VO2max), body composition, and dietary intake among students at the Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Every respondent filled out the consent form and answered two set of questionnaires, the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) [20] and the Physical Activity Lifestyle Questionnaire (PALQ) [21]
Summary
Health is a state of physical well-being or physical fitness that is defined by how well the body is functioning in accordance with its natural design and how well this natural design affords individuals the ability to achieve essential functional objectives of humans on a biological and personal level [1]. The human health is associated with motion and physical activity. Physical fitness and activity had inverse association with inabilities, mortality and morbidity. A study found does exercise lengthen life, but it lengthens the time until a person has a stroke, heart attack, or other forms of cardiovascular disease [3, 4]. The global variation and technological progresses influence human life and in addition the studies should
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