مستوى النشاط البدني و علاقته بنسبة دهون الجسم لدى التلاميذ ضعاف البصر (12-14 سنة)‎

Abstract EN

The aim of this study was to monitor and determine the levels of physical activity of students (males and females) with low vision between the ages of 12-14, and to clarify the nature of the relationship between the level of physical activity and body fat percentage in the research sample.

A total of 53 students were chosen in a deliberate manner.

We used of data collection the Algerian version of the physical activity questionnaire for children and adolescents (PAQ-C) and the Slaughter equation to calculate the percentage body fat.

The most important results of the study that the level of physical activity of children and adolescents with low vision is low, and the gender affects on level of physical activity in children and adolescents with low vision, and that there a simple inverse relationship between body fat percentage and level of physical activity.

Therefore, we recommend the need to monitor the levels of physical activity and obesity of the community members and visually impaired in particular.