Abstract

The occurrence of insufficient physical activity among adolescents and adults has remained a public health concern over the past 15 years globally. According to World Health Organization (n.d.), 81% of the students aged 11 to 17 across the world fail to allot 60 minutes of physical activities in their routine everyday as of 2010. Furthermore, one in four adults aged 18 above worldwide does not engage in adequate physical activities daily. This was recorded in 2016. On a more specific view, results revealed that 61% of Filipinos do not engage in physical activities. Moreover, the Philippines along with Malaysia and Thailand has the highest number of people who belong in the Generation O. This group of people is referred as individuals who are aware of their poor health; however, they still do not participate in physical activities. Lack of time, absence of motivation, and distractions were the mentioned reasons (Abadilla, 2017). Generally, physical activities play a direct role in an individual's body and mind condition. As established by a number of research studies, being physically active results to resistance from different diseases, healthy body, and improved cognitive function (Sportanddev.org, n.d.). But because of the low levels of physical activities across age brackets, people are susceptible to adverse health implications. In the professional education system, medical students are vulnerable when it comes to experiencing high levels of stress due to the difficulty and challenges of the medical program. Frajerman (as cited in Davenport, 2018) reported that 46% of the medical students undergo tremendous physical and emotional exhaustion due to the prolonged stress exposure. With this reason, this leaves little or no time for physical activities among medicine students who are expected to be physically fit because the medical and health allied students today will be the doctors and healthcare professionals in the future. With this thriving trend among students, medical professionals are as well at risked to the prevalence of insufficient physical activities and its consequences.