Exploring the relationship between Physical fitness and Extra-curricular activity on student health
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2024
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UMT, Lahore
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The health of students is a significant issue for all nations, including developed ones and developing ones. This thesis examines a pertinent topic that is student health with special reference to higher education institutions. Despite the educational administrations paying much attention to students’ health, there has been a shift in the health status of the students where a large number of students are experiencing health complications including gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal and vision complications. This research will aim at establishing how exercise and physical activities can help enhance the health of the students. They describe the contextual factors that influence the extra-curricular activity persistence, including the solo exercising as well as the group exercising. According to the theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence, it could be affirmed that group dynamics enhance social belongingness, which is a pre-requisite for exercise persistence. The subject of discussion is the students’ health concerns, encompassing the physical, psychological, and social domains of schools. These research questions relate to the current, former and future status of physical fitness, extra-curricular activity and students’ health. The objectives are as follows with the aim of explaining such relationships after conducting adequate research. The issue under consideration is focused on students’ health issues, including physical, psychological, and social aspects in school environments. These research questions focus on the patterns of physical fitness, extra-curricular activity and students’ health. The objectives are intended to help explain these relationships through thorough research. Therefore, this study calls for the establishment of pro-health environments in educational institutions that will enhance extra-curricular activity and health of students and consequently lead to improved health status and strong societies.