Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, 1025 East 7th Street, Bloomington, IN, 47405-7109, USA.
Int J Behav Med. 2012 Sep;19(3):316-23. doi: 10.1007/s12529-011-9167-4.
Little is known on the level of physical inactivity and its behavioral and cultural correlates among East Asian college students.
The aim of this study is to examine and compare the level and behavioral and cultural correlates of physical inactivity among college students in Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia.
Data were collected from a representative sample of college students (N = 12,137) in five East Asian economies during the 2008-2009 academic year. The stratified random sampling (stratum: geographic region) was used to select participating institutions. The overall response rate was 77%.
The percentage of physically inactive students was 7.2% for Singapore, 8.0% for Malaysia, 13.5% for Taiwan, 16.8% for Hong Kong, and 28.5% for South Korea. When gender, age, and body mass index were controlled, fruit and vegetable consumptions were significant correlates for physical inactivity across all the five economies. In Hong Kong, Korea, and Taiwan, those who engaged in binge drinking at least once during the past 2 weeks were less likely to be physically inactive than those who did not. Religion and military experience did not independently predict physical inactivity in any of the five economies.
Physical inactivity varies greatly across different economies in East Asia that are usually grouped together and considered a single homogeneous entity by some researchers. However, in terms of correlates of physical inactivity, findings of the current study indicate that the transversal value of physical activity might be transformed into a universal.
对于东亚大学生的身体活动水平及其行为和文化相关性，人们知之甚少。
本研究旨在考察和比较台湾、香港、韩国、新加坡和马来西亚大学生的身体活动水平及其行为和文化相关性。
数据来自五个东亚经济体 2008-2009 学年的大学生代表性样本（N=12137）。采用分层随机抽样（分层：地理区域）选择参与机构。总体回应率为 77%。
新加坡有 7.2%的学生不积极参加身体活动，马来西亚有 8.0%，台湾有 13.5%，香港有 16.8%，韩国有 28.5%。当控制性别、年龄和体重指数时，所有五个经济体的水果和蔬菜摄入量都是身体不活跃的显著相关因素。在香港、韩国和台湾，与那些在过去 2 周内至少有一次狂饮的人相比，不积极参加身体活动的人不太可能狂饮。宗教和军事经历在五个经济体中都不能独立预测身体不活跃。
东亚不同经济体之间的身体活动水平差异很大，这些经济体通常被一些研究人员归为一个单一的同质实体。然而，就身体不活跃的相关因素而言，本研究的结果表明，身体活动的横向价值可能会转化为普遍性。
