Abstract:

This research was done in order to study the state of obesity awareness and physical activity of students studying in high school and Imam Hatip high school according to the physical training and sports classes hours. The study’s sampling is made up of a total of 414 people (238 girls – 176 men) selected by the random sampling method among the students studying in the Army province. The study used the personal information form as a data collection tool, the Obesity Awareness Scale (OFO) and the Physical Activity Question Form (FAS) scale for primary school students. The research has been approved by the Council of Ethics of Social and Human Sciences of the University of Nine May (Decision No. 2021/238) to be conducted. In the statistical assessment of the data, normality test, t-test and one-way variance analysis were used. In the study, there was no statistically significant difference between the gender of the participants, the mother's working status, the father's profession, the mother's and father's educational status, and the total score of physical activity and general obesity awareness. Students studying in high school have a higher physical activity, general obesity awareness and all sub-dimensional total scores than Imam Hatip high school. According to the body mass index of students, the scale of physical activity of weak students’ total scores were higher than obese students. Furthermore, it has been found that those who have a mother’s university graduate have a low dimension of obesity consciousness and those who have a father’s university graduate have a high dimension of nutritional consciousness. According to the overall scale of physical activity, 3.9% of participants were inactive and 33.6% were low-activity. To increase mobility that is closely related to obesity and to raise the awareness of obesity, the increase in the body training class hours included in the programming of the Imam Hatip high school will contribute to the development of a healthy society.

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