Patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time: Are Nigerian health professional students complying with public health guidelines?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding patterns of physical activity and sedentary time is important to effective population-wide primary prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. This study examined the patterns of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time, and the prevalence of compliance with physical activity guidelines according to different public health recommendations in a sub-population of health professional students in Nigeria.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted among 102 health professional students (age = 19-34 years old, 43.1% women) of the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Participants wore Actigraph accelerometers on their waist for minimum of 5 days/week to objectively measure intensity and duration of physical activity and sedentary

SUBMITTER: Oyeyemi AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5744983 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature