Table 8

Salient Circumstances Hindering Participation in Physical Activity

Salient Circumstances that Hinder

Percent Mentioning (%)

Having too many assignments

48.4

Busy study schedule

Too much assignment

Bad academic scores

Before exam

It take long time to work on assignment

Have too much extra courses on weekend

Not having enough time

18.8

Time is tight

No time

Waste time

It is very late when class is over

Have something else to do

Class teacher taking up the time

Having bad weather

18.1

Bad weather

Windy, rainy outside

Snow, raining

Air is polluted

Cold

Cloudy, raining

It is hot

Being tired, sick, or too fat

17.4

Obese, or have a lot of fat

Sleepy

Being sick

Feel hungry

My body can't stand it.

Tired

Lazy

No energy

Having nobody to go with

6.5

My parents don't have time to take me to do physical activity

Nobody go with me

Myself

Disapproval from others

5.2

My parents don't agree

I, myself don't approve

Classmates don't agree

School don't agree

Not being willing

5.2

Don't want to do physical activity

Lazy

Don't want to

Being in a bad mood

5.1

Don't have mood

Teacher criticize me, so that I don't have a good mood

Bad mood

Having no court or facility

5.1

Don't have facility

Don't have court

Society is messy

More car in cities

Grounds

Insufficiency of facility

Having TV, computer games, and other things to do instead

4.5

Good game to play

Play computer

Watching TV

Have good movie

Having activities that are not fun or too hard

3.2

Activity is too vigorous

Don't have fun activity to play

Boring activity

Zhang et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007 4:38   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-4-38