Impact of Teacher-Led Physical Exercise on Selfefficacy and Physical Activity Performances of First Year Undergraduate Students in a Private University , Ogun State , Nigeria

Abstract

There is low level of physical activity among undergraduate. Participation in PE dwindles precipitously among both male and female undergraduate students. It has been noticed that Physical activity/physical exercise (PA/PE) rates tend to decline precipitously during the secondary school years leading to low physical activity and exercise(PA/PE) among undergraduate and college males and females students. This consequently led to pull of ill health, such as obesity (juvenile obesity) and arthritis (in older women), hyperlipidemia (excess fat), stress, fatigue and arteriosclerosis of the heart vessels. Sedentary behaviour is one of the strongest risk factors for many chronic diseases and conditions, including cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, colon cancer, and depression. Due to the above the objectives of the study was to identify the relation between teacher led activity and the self efficacy of undergraduate students using self efficacy mode. Thus this study shows the impact of Teacher led physical exercise (PE) on the self efficacy of undergraduate male and female students in a private university in Ogun State, Nigeria.In conclusion therefore self-efficacy had the strongest correlation with the levels of physical activity. Self-efficacy structure is one of the most effective factors of physical activity performance. Thus, enhancing the self-efficacy may be useful in order to promote the practice of physical activity among undergraduate students.

The Combined Effect of Socio Demographical Factors and Physical Exercise Training on Cardiovascular Health of Fresh Students of Babcock University Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria

“…Approximately one-third of children in Nigeria are overweight or obese. It has been observed by [18] that there is also a trend of low involvement of college students on physical activities, which may lead to obesity [19]. Children (particularly adolescents) need a positive behavioural change on weight control, as obese individuals may also suffer from social stigmatization, discrimination, and lowered self-esteem [10,15,20,21].…”

“…Children (particularly adolescents) need a positive behavioural change on weight control, as obese individuals may also suffer from social stigmatization, discrimination, and lowered self-esteem [10,15,20,21]. Overweight and obesity (including childhood obesity) substantially raise the risk of illness from high blood pressure, high cholesterol [5,22], type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, gallbladder disease, arthritis, sleep disturbances, cardiovascular disease [5], hypertension [23], osteoporosis, colon cancer [19] missing before [24], and depression [25] and certain types of cancers.…”

“…The undergraduates may not have known that they are at risk of such diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, and arteriosclerosis, arthritic situations, and burden of cardiovascular diseases or invariably placed them at a high risk of total breakdown from these diseases or associated diseases if care (proper) is not taken [19,29].…”