The Study of regular physical activity status and perception of barriers for performing it in adolescents

Background &objectives : Regularphysicalactivity is a major aspect ofhealthy lifestyle and controlandpreventionofmanyuncontagiousdiseases.Also, perceived barrierstophysicalactivityamongvariouspopulationsaredifferent.Thisstudyaimedtodetermine the status of regular physical activityandperceptionbarriers to performing it inadolescentswho Studying in the first periodofhighschool. Methods : The study isaDescriptive-analyticalwhich has done as a cross-sectional and has used with aStratified random sampling with proportional allocation on280subjects amongthestudents boys and girlsohighschoolatthecityofBabol.For data collection, three questionnaires fordemographicstatus,physicalactivityandperceived barriers tophysicalactivityhave been used. The data analyzed by using descriptive and analytical statistical methods. Results: Theresults showed that most ofstudents(61/1 percent) didn’t have regularphysicalactivity, and only a few(38/9 percent) had regularphysicalactivity. The most common perceived barriers tophysicalactivityofstudents in this researchhas been listed as:lackofrelativessupports (53/6 percent), to being far from sports places(35 percent), And lack of enough self-confidence (33/2 percent). Conclusions: Regardless of the importance of regular physical activity during adolescence, the results indicate that regular physical activity in the lifestyle of most young people is not present. Therefore, given the identified barriers, it is necessary to plan for the expansion of regular physical activity in this age group.