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This study aims to examine the student's attitudes and barriers to physical activities. This study focused on secondary school level students in Pakistan. A survey method was applied in this research. The research's targeted population was students studying in grades 9th and 10th in government schools in Punjab province. The sample was drawn from four districts Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, and Rajanpur of Punjab. Eighty (46 boys and 55 girls) public schools were randomly selected from these four districts. Four hundred fourteen students (38.6% girls and 61.4%) were taken as a sample from class 9th and 10th. In this study, an adapted questionnaire, "Students attitude towards physical activities and barriers," was used. Demographics information was presented using descriptive analysis (frequency and percentage). Gender and age group differences were analyzed through independent t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results of this study revealed that male students showed a more positive attitude towards physical activities than female students. There was no significant difference found in the different age groups. Students (both male and female) showed a negative attitude towards barriers to physical activities at schools. Female’s students were facing more barriers to physical activities.

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