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This study was planned to understand the facilitating factors and barriers to PA among Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) students using a qualitative approach.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study is part of a larger study on PA among undergraduate medical students from a medical college in North India. A cross-sectional study with a qualitative approach was conducted on undergraduate medical (MBBS) students enrolled from 2012 to 2017 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The most common facilitating factors identified in the study were self-motivation and personal preference, followed by health consciousness to maintain fitness and the continuation of habits from early childhood. Other facilitating factors reported are being good at sports, having sports-loving friends, an increase in self-confidence, the desire to build six packs, and reducing weight. Those with a concern for self-health, prevention of disease in the future, or a family member already suffering from a disease related to PA were also likely to practice it. Barriers found in the study broadly were competing for time, gender issues, resource-related issues, and sole focus on academics.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Rigorous efforts are needed from the individual level to the system level to reinforce the facilitators and fight the barriers. Future studies should focus on finding ways to overcome the barriers and strengthen the facilitating factors for PA among medical students in India.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/ijcm.ijcm_33_23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,8]],"date-time":"2024-03-08T04:01:38Z","timestamp":1709870498000},"page":"411-416","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Facilitating Factors and Barriers to Physical Activity among Undergraduate Medical Students in North India: A Qualitative Study"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"49","author":[{"given":"Pentapati Siva Santosh","family":"Kumar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kiran","family":"Goswami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anil","family":"Goswami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kapil","family":"Yadav","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Poornima","family":"Vanni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Officer, Medical and Health Services Department, NTPC Limited, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Prashant","family":"Tayade","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1-20260330","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1736","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(18)32203-7","article-title":"Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980\u20132017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017","volume":"392","author":"Roth","year":"2018","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"R2-20260330","first-page":"126","article-title":"Physical activity, exercise, and physical fitness: Definitions and distinctions for health-related research","volume":"100","author":"Caspersen","year":"1985","journal-title":"Public Health Rep"},{"key":"R3-20260330","first-page":"306","year":"1996"},{"key":"R4-20260330","year":"2010"},{"issue":"380","key":"R5-20260330","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"219","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(12)61031-9","article-title":"Impact of physical inactivity on the World's major non-communicable diseases","volume":"21","author":"Lee","year":"2012","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"R6-20260330","year":"2009"},{"key":"R8-20260330","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"76","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ypmed.2006.07.018","article-title":"Predictors of US medical students'prevention counseling practices","volume":"44","author":"Frank","year":"2007","journal-title":"Prev Med"},{"key":"R9-20260330","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e013479","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2016-013479","article-title":"Physical activity among medical students in Southern Thailand: A mixed methods study","volume":"6","author":"Wattanapisit","year":"2016","journal-title":"BMJ Open"},{"key":"R10-20260330","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"106","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1753-6405.2004.tb01849.x","volume":"28","year":"2004","journal-title":"Aust N Z J Public Health"},{"key":"R12-20260330","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"133","DOI":"10.4103\/0019-5359.104776","article-title":"Knowledge, attitude, and level of physical activity among medical undergraduate students in Delhi","volume":"65","author":"Anand","year":"2011","journal-title":"Indian J Med Sci"},{"key":"R13-20260330","first-page":"365","article-title":"Practice of physical activity among future doctors: A cross sectional analysis","volume":"3","author":"Rao","year":"2012","journal-title":"Int J Prev Med"},{"key":"R14-20260330","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"413","DOI":"10.4103\/2230-8598.144115","article-title":"A cross sectional study on patterns, motivating factors, barriers for physical activity among undergraduate medical students","volume":"4","author":"Kumar","year":"2014","journal-title":"Int J Med Public Health"},{"key":"R15-20260330","first-page":"27","article-title":"Assessment of healthy life style habits among medical students, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam","volume":"13","author":"Pavanchand","year":"2014","journal-title":"IOSR J Dent Med Sci"},{"key":"R16-20260330","first-page":"139","article-title":"Trend of physical activity level among medical students of B. 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