Author(s)

Fawziah Al-Bakr¹, Ahmed Al-Haramlah², Haniah Merza³

¹Educational Policies Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
²Applied Sport Psychology, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia.
³College of Education Director Support Center for Students with Disabilities and Accessibility Program, Princess Norah University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The aim of this study was to explore relationships between common diseases, i.e. obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol as well as asthma, and socio-demographic variables: residence place, age, weight, educational level, along with level of physical activity among women in Saudi Arabia. On the strength of a purposive sample, it comprised of 1233 Saudi women from central, eastern, western, northern and southern regions of KSA. The findings supported the hypotheses that obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol and asthma were related to place of residence, age, weight, educational level, as well as level of physical activity. Hence, the results highlighted the importance of socio-demographic and exercise in controlling common diseases to a considerable extent.

Physical Activity, Common Diseases, Saudi Women, Socio-Demographic Variables

Al-Bakr, F. , Al-Haramlah, A. and Merza, H. (2016) Relationship between Physical Activities of Women and the Prevalence of Some Common Diseases: Empirical Evidence from Saudi Arabia. Advances in Physical Education, 6, 67-75. doi: 10.4236/ape.2016.62008.