Awareness on Risks of Sedentary Lifestyle among college students

Abstract

A sedentary lifestyle is defined as a type of lifestyle where an individual does not receive regular amounts of physical activity. A sedentary lifestyle is found more common among college students. Physical inactivity is associated with the risk of many diseases like diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases etc. The present study is to investigate awareness of the risks of a sedentary lifestyle among college students—a cross-sectional type of study conducted among the college people comprising 150 subjects. A total questionnaire of 15 questions was framed and responses were circulated and collected with the help of an online platform google forms. The results were analyzed using SPSS software. The survey showed that 45.21% of the respondents are doing regular physical activity in a daily basis, 53.42% of the respondents are following a proper diet, 54.1% are following proper sleep cycle.  Regarding the awareness of risks of a sedentary lifestyle, 63.5% were aware and 36.5% were unaware. The Pearson Chi-square analysis showed that there is no significant correlation between gender and awareness on the sedentary lifestyle among college students. Hence the study can be concluded that awareness on risks of sedentary lifestyle among college students is moderate.