ASSESSMENT OF CORRELATION BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG THE STUDENTS OF GUJRANWALA MEDICAL COLLEGE, GUJRANWALA

Introduction: Physical Activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal a muscle that requires energy expenditure. Physical Activity is of 2 types Vigorous Physical Activity and Moderate Physical Activity. Physical Activity is very important for every person regardless of age, ethnicity, or present state of health, virtually all individuals will benefit from regular Physical Activity. Material & methods: A Cross Sectional study was conducted at Gujranwala Medical College, Gujranwala from 20 May to 5 June, to assess the correlation between physical activity and academic performance among the students of Gujranwala Medical College, Gujranwala. In this regard I used Internal Physical Activity Quetionaire (IPAQ) was used to get responses from 100 students of GMC by simple random sampling. And then data was analyzed to check the correlation between these two parameters. Results: There were 38% students in the GMC who performed vigorous physical activity And there percentage of Failure is 50%. 37% perform moderate physical activity and there Failure percentage is 37.84%. While 25% perform no physical activity and there percentage failure is 40%. Conclusion: This study demonstrate that those students who perform moderate physical activity are performing good in the academic career and have low failure rate while those who perform vigorous or no physical activity have high failure rate. Keywords: Physical Activity; IPAQ; Academic Performance; Exercise; student’s health