Students and individuals
Hoops, hurdles and high jumps: Physical activity and bodyweight among 17 year olds
- Item:
- 1957
- Title:
- Hoops, hurdles and high jumps: Physical activity and bodyweight among 17 year olds
- Authors:
- Catherine Underwood, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
- Publication date:
- 1 February 2007
- Type:
- Briefing paper
- Theme:
- Students and individuals > Learner groups > Young people
This briefing paper, which is based on data from a sample of 17 year-olds in 2005, reports on the participation levels in sport and exercise, their health, their body mass index (BMI) and associations between these and other characteristics. Highlights include: six out of 10 young people play sport or exercise at least once a week; just over seven out of 10 17 year-olds rated their general health as either excellent or very good; one in five 17 year-olds were classified as overweight or obese; 30% of females were classified as underweight compared to 15% of males; and three in four obese males played computer or video games at least once a week. Briefing paper no.13 This paper, published by the Australian Council for Educational Reasearch (ACER), is part of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research program.
