A Study on Associations between the Exercise Habits and Subjective Health Perceptions of Adolescents in Area of Seoul: Focusing on Middle School Students

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PURPOSE: To provide physical activity vitalization plans of exercise habits among adolescents by analyzing the association between the formation of proper exercise habits and subjective health perceptions. METHODS: This study analyzed exercise habits and subjective health perceptions of adolescents using the survey conducted in 2020 in the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. RESULTS: This study found that there were significant differences between happiness and health recognitions. In addition, the more days of aerobic exercise, high intensity exercise, and strength exercise led to higher levels of happiness recognition. Lastly, strength exercise for at least three times a week recognized themselves as being relatively healthier than those with different numbers of exercise days. CONCLUSIONS: This study concluded that exercise habits are positively related to the subjective health recognition and they felt that healthy life-long activity would be beneficial for the future lifestyle. © 2022 Korean Society of Exercise Physiology.

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