Background: The role of regular and contagious physical activity are widely recognized in decreases the
risk of coronary heart disease, various cancers, obesity, osteoporosis and other health problems. Because
investigations suggest that physical activity levels fall significantly during the period between adolescence
and adulthood, there is considerable concern about youth physical activity. Since university students
represent a significant sector of young adults and form a prominent sector of society from which the policy
makers, their physical activities are of particular interest. The present study was carried out and compared
physical activity status among Tabriz medical and nonmedical sciences university students.
Methods: A descriptive comparative design was carried out with 384 Tabriz medical and 384 nonmedical
science university students. Data concerning demographic and physical activity variables were collected by
a self reported questionnaire. Independent sample t-test were conducted to compare of mean scores of
physical activity and two way ANOVA test were conducted to determine whether socio demographic
variables were associated with physical activity.
Results: The finding study showed that 39.8% of medical and 37.2% of nonmedical science university
students had risky physical activity status and only 6.5% of medical and 5.9% of nonmedical science
university students had good risky physical activity status. No significant differences between mean scores
of physical activity among two groups. 81.3% of medical and 85.2% of nonmedical science university
students had tend to increase levels of their physical activity.
Conclusions: It can be concluded that both medical and nonmedical science university students did have
not appropriate condition regarding to physical activity and medical science students education and training
had no influenced on physical activity of medical science university students. Therefore, universities should
implement programs to increase student’s level of physical activity
