Research Article

Correlations between Excessive Body Mass Index, Body Perception, Physical Activity, and Respiratory Functions among Youths in an Urban Setting of Vietnam

Table 3

Physical activity characteristics.

Physical activity characteristicBMI classification
NormalUnderweightOverweight/obesity
Mean (SD)Mean (SD)Mean (SD)

Time for physical activity
 Vigorous physical activity time (minute)62.9 (51.0)49.7 (46.4)76.2 (43.2)0.01
 Moderate physical activity time (minute)75.0 (56.1)75.6 (54.4)84.3 (56.0)0.51
 Walking time (minute)23.8 (17.1)22.2 (14.2)21.8 (12.4)0.86
 Sitting time (minute)176.5 (19.1)176.3 (21.9)180.0 (-)0.29
Energy consumption
 Vigorous physical activity per week (MET)1367.7 (2072.1)642.2 (709.2)1637.6 (1716.4)0.02
 Moderate physical activity per week (MET)1553.3 (2213.1)1496.6 (2535.5)1628.9 (1617.9)0.32
 Walking per week (MET)379.8 (365.1)366.5 (323.3)367.3 (297.5)0.87
 Total energy consumption per week (MET)3380.5 (2968.5)2534.8 (2673.0)3609.7 (2422.7)0.12
Level of physical activity (%) (%) (%)
 Low102 (46.0)35 (41.7)21 (34.4)0.03
 Moderate78 (35.1)42 (50.0)26 (42.6)
 High42 (18.9)7 (8.3)14 (23.0)
Type of physical activity0.12
 Inactive140 (63.1)56 (66.7)31 (50.8)
 Active82 (36.9)28 (33.3)30 (49.2)