. Manjunatha Goud; . Narendra Pamidi; . Oinam S. Devi; . Bhavn Nayal; . Ullas Kamath; . Raghuveer
Volume 4, Issue 2 , May 2014, , Pages 1-3
Abstract
Background: The physical activity in teaching faculties is an important aspect to maintaingood health. This not only prevents the various non - communicable diseases but also hasrole ...
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Background: The physical activity in teaching faculties is an important aspect to maintaingood health. This not only prevents the various non - communicable diseases but also hasrole in secondary prevention of diseases. It is also proven that the growing epidemic ofobesity mostly in children is linked to recent decline in physical activity levels both in home,school and working places. Social class is thought to have a bearing on physical activity. Onbasis of this, the survey was done to assess the physical activity levels in higher social classpopulation i.e. on teaching faculty of Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka,India. Materials and Methods: Questionnaire study was implemented in 2010 as the design ofthis research without any manual intervention. No experiment was conducted in the research.Questions were specific and related to the physical activities in home and also in workingenvironment. Results: The study found that in medical college the lifestyle is restricted mostlyto sedentary and moderate work. Most of faculties were using bike and cars to reach thereworking place and also we found the physical activities in the form of exercise and sports activitywere lacking. Discussion: In addition to the importance of a physical activity professional’spotential influence on others as a model, engaging in a physically active lifestyle is veryimportant for personal reasons. Achieving and maintaining a health-enhancing level of physicalfitness is one of the basic standards for good teaching and maintaining good health. Physicalactivity in professionals leads to both personal health benefits, and improve job satisfaction.Conclusion: Infrastructure improvements such as sports activity in colleges among faculties,combined with regular exercise provide additional physical activity that would help reduceobesity and non-communicable diseases.
