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Study On The Influencing Factors Of College Students' Physical Health, Yuan Shang, Zhendong Zhang, Ying Zhang, Yonghuan Chen, Hangqi Zhang Feb 2023

Study On The Influencing Factors Of College Students' Physical Health, Yuan Shang, Zhendong Zhang, Ying Zhang, Yonghuan Chen, Hangqi Zhang

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

The purpose of this paper was to analyze the changes of college students' physical health and the relevant influencing factors, and provide the basis for the school to formulate reasonable measures to improve students' physical health. A total of 13052 undergraduate students (including 6852 male and 6173 female) from the city of Zhengzhou in Henan province were recruited for the purpose of the study. Mathematical statistics, literature review, questionnaire investigation, and logic analysis were adopted. In terms of body shape, BMI index of both male and female undergraduates increased, and the T test of BMI index showed significant difference (P …


Examining Body Shape Characteristics On Chinese Urban College Male Students, Shun Shan, Ran Wei, Xiaofen Ding Aug 2022

Examining Body Shape Characteristics On Chinese Urban College Male Students, Shun Shan, Ran Wei, Xiaofen Ding

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

According to the Chinese National Adolescent Health report, the status of adolescent physical health has been decreasing for 26 years. The associated factors which caused such decline was studied and pointed out by Gao (2018). As many scholars claimed, “Sunshine sports” should be implemented to promote the adolescent physical health development (Yang, 2011). Previous study indicated that the age of 18 has been a transition point to study on adolescent physical health. However, there has been few studies conducted on the differences of Body Shape Characteristics (BSC) among different regions. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the …