Assessment of resources for physical activity and understanding people's perception and practices regarding physical activity in an Indian city.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Promoting physical activity in urban India is imperative considering the burden of non-communicable diseases in the country. Planning for improving population level physical activity needs sound understanding of availability and quality of resources/facilities for physical activity and knowing people's perception and practices regarding the physical activity.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was undertaken in Kolar city of Karnataka state in India. All the resources/facilities required for supporting physical activity were mapped and their quality was assessed utilizing adapted version of physical activity resource assessment questionnaire. The information regarding latitude, longitude and approximate size of the resource was obtained using a hand-held GPS tracker.

SUBMITTER: Gautam S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10568767 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature