RESEARCH ARTICLE The relationship between Background also decreased [3]. It appears that physical activity levels

Full list of author information is available at the end of the articlePhysical inactivity has been identified as a major contrib-uting factor for non-communicable diseases [1]. Physical activity has decreased among young people, especially among adolescents [2]. An international survey across African countries revealed that physical activity levels among young African people (aged 12 to 20 years) had in young Ghanaian’s have been highly influenced by the affluent living. Previously, young people walked to school [4] which enabled them to achieve desirable levels of physical activity. These days parents with high socioeconomic status drive their children to and from school. Adolescents from Ghana perceive walking to school as an indication of poverty [5]. An important life-style problem which has also been recently identifie