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47 Technium Soc. Sci. J. 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/techssj47 and id is 1 raw text is: Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 47, 1-9, September, 2023 ISSN: 2668-7798 SOCIAL SCIENCE5 JOURNAL ~www.techniumscience.com Policy Demands on Promoting Physical Activity for College Students in China Xinghua Wang1, Guandong Song1 'Northeastern University, China v an xin hua peneueducn Abstract. In China's current higher education environment, the normalization of sedentary behavior makes college students a typical population with an inactive lifestyle. In order to effectively promote physical activity behaviors among college students, it is necessary to develop physical activity policies for college students in China. By investigating the physical activity level of Chinese college students, this study verifies the necessity of promoting physical activity in college students. Moreover, the present study analyzes the situation of policy demand from three aspects: policy content demand, policy effectiveness demand, and policy non-mandatory demand. The findings show there are policy demands on (1) policy content supplementation in college settings, (2) policy effectiveness based on the assumption of limited rationality, and (3) giving the freedom of decision-making. This study can provide reliable advice for policymakers on physical activity for college students in China. Keywords. Policy demands, Physical activity, College students 1. Introduction According to WHO (2010), 60% of related factors to individual health and quality of life are correlated to lifestyle; among them, physical inactivity is one of the primary health risk behaviors and an independent risk factor for many major chronic diseases. In the current higher education environment, the normalization of sedentary behavior makes college students a typical population with an inactive lifestyle. A global study reported that the average percentage of inactive college students in 23 countries is 41.4%, with 37% in China (Pengpid et al., 2015). Public policy is a necessary tool of governance to intervene in the behavior of individuals and the primary way to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of governance. There has yet to be a specific physical activity policy for college students in China. To help policymakers design policies, analyzing the policy demands for promoting physical activity for Chinese college students is necessary. In the present study, the physical activity level profile of Chinese college students will be collected and analyzed, which will help us to verify the extent to which it is necessary to develop a physical activity policy for university students, and the study will analyze the need for the policy from several aspects. 1

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