Author ORCID Identifier
Erick Kong: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-2012
Dal-Hyun Moon: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2097-5224
Alexandra Sandoval: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5012-0372
Executive Summary
Purpose – This study examines the impact of COVID-19 on Physical Activity (PA) on hospitality & tourism, kinesiology, and recreation students at California State University. The findings will help understand a direct impact on what is needed to be in place on campus in order to support and promote normal levels of PA as recommended by the World Health Organization.
Methodology/Design/Approach – PA was measured by a modified version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaires (IPAQ) questionnaire. There were 116 students that participated in this study, respondents were mostly students who are majoring in hospitality & tourism, kinesiology, and recreation.
Findings – The current study found a notable increase of 12.9% in weekly sitting during COVID-19 pandemic and they even sat for 7 or more hours daily. The findings provided evidence in support in part of the hypotheses that the level of PA among hospitality & tourism, kinesiology, and recreation students has decreased during the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic.
Originality of the research – The use of IPAQ on hospitality & tourism, kinesiology, and recreation students has never been done before.
Recommended Citation
Kong, Erick; Moon, Dal-Hyun; and Sandoval, Alexandra
(2025)
"Identifying the Level of Physical Activity (PA) in Hospitality & Tourism, Kinesiology, and Recreation Students,"
ICHRIE Research Reports: Vol. 10:
Iss.
2, Article 3.
DOI: www.doi.org/10.61701/857676.212
Available at:
https://via.library.depaul.edu/ichrie_rr/vol10/iss2/3
All suggestions are stated and addressed in the revision in this file.
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Health and Physical Education Commons, Higher Education Commons, Hospitality Administration and Management Commons, Online and Distance Education Commons, Outdoor Education Commons, Tourism and Travel Commons
