Physical Activity Levels of Adolescents

AbstractThis study was aimed at physical activity levels of adolescent at high schools. 81 high school students who continue their education 9-10-11 and 12 classes at high school participated voluntarily in this research. For data collection was used survey method. SPSS 17.0 program was used data analyzes. While percent, frequency, arithmetic mean, minimum and maximum values used respectively in the descriptive procedures, the chi-square test was used for comparisons the categorical variables. The data were analyzed of according to gender BMI, BMI and physical activity levels. Statistical significance level was took 0.05. Each student's Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated (kg/m 2) formula with the data obtained from measuring tool. Physical activity levels were classified as physically inactive (<600 MET-min/week), with low levels of physical activity (600-3000 MET- min/week) and physical activity level that is sufficient (which is useful in terms of health) (> 3000 MET-min/week). A significant relation was not found between body mass index and gender of surveyed students in the research (p> 0.05). 63 percent of the students were determined moderately active (> 600-3000 MET min/week)