Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 1-2018

Abstract

Studies have shown that, as young adults enter college, their level of physical activity is greatly diminished (Kwan, Cairney, Faulkner, & Pullenavegum, 2012). In fact, it has been estimated that one-third of students who are active in high school become inactive upon adapting to university life (Bray and Born, 2004). In Healthy Campus 2010: Making It Happen, the American College Health Association outlined physical activity (PA) goals and body mass index (BMI) goals for university students, and studies have shown that РА and BMI have actually deteriorated in many students after entering college (Deng, Castelli, Castro-Pinero, & Guan, 2011). Physical activity reduces the risk of injury and assists in maintaining a healthy weight, reducing stress and anxiety, and promotes an overall sense of wellbeing (Chobanian, Bakris, Black, Cushman, Green, Izzo, Jones, Materson, Oparil, Wright, & Roccella, 2003; El- Gylany, Badawi, El-Khawaga, & Awadalla, 2011).

Department

Levi Watkins Learning Center

Comments

My co-author, TJ Exford, has provided permission for this to be uploaded to The Hornet Research Repository.

Share

COinS
 
 

To view the content in your browser, please download Adobe Reader or, alternately,
you may Download the file to your hard drive.

NOTE: The latest versions of Adobe Reader do not support viewing PDF files within Firefox on Mac OS and if you are using a modern (Intel) Mac, there is no official plugin for viewing PDF files within the browser window.