Physical Activity Levels for High School Students and relationship between Body Mass Index and education level - A field study of some high schools in Middle and East of Algeria

تاريخ الاستلام:22/01/2020 تاريخ القبول:12/07/2020

Abstract

The study aimed to detect the relationship between physical activity level (PAL) among high school students, and both body mass index (BMI) and class levels (CLs) of some high schools in Middle and East of Algeria. The sample chosen randomly (Cluster Sample), and included 1825 students (1040 females, 785 males) aged between (15- 19 years), taken from the three classes of high school education. To gather data, the physical activity questionnaire of adolescent (PAQ-A) had been applied to measure PAL, and anthropometric measures such: High, weight to identify students BMI. The results revealed that the PAL was above average in both BMI and CLs among male students. While, among females was below average. Also, the results showed a significant inverse correlation between PAL and CLs among all students. On the other hand, there was a significant inverse correlation between PAL and both BMI among female students without males.