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

Regular physical activity is a major aspect of healthy lifestyle and control and prevention of many chronic diseases. Also, perceived barriers to physical activity among various populations are different. This study aimed to determine the status of regular physical activity and perceived barriers to performing it in adolescents who studying in the junior high school.
This cross-sectional study has used a stratified random sampling with proportional allocation on 280 subjects among the students at the city of Babol. For data collection, three questionnaires for demographic status, physical activity and perceived barriers to physical activity have been used. The data analyzed by using descriptive statistics and chi-square tests.
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).
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.