The lifestyle and pattern of physical activities at school play a role to ensure students being active. This study was conducted to identify the lifestyle and pattern of physical activities in school co-curricular activities in Bintulu. The design of this study is a cross-sectional study. The sample of this study was 284 students. This study used lifestyle and school co-curricular activities questionnaire. The findings show that 131 Ibans, 52 Melanaus, 38 Malays, 33 Chinese and 30 other ethnic groups. Overall, Iban’s student's lifestyle is inactive. The related lifestyle regarding their transportation to school, where Iban students using a car which is M=2.27. Nutrition habits indicate that students have a high appetite before eating (M=1.91), students love to find extra food to increase their appetite (M=1.83) and ready to control food intake (M=1.93). The attitude showed that students confident that exercise gives benefit and positive impact on health (M=1.30) and influenced body weight (M=1.39). The pattern of physical activities showed that they are active during the PJK class (M=1.81). Physical activities in co-curricular events showed that Iban students are categorized as inactive in sports (M=1.64), uniform bodies (M=1.66) and club and society (M=1.64) and also the pattern of physical activities are exhausted (M=2.27). The student is categorized as having normal BMI (M=2.35) and have a low health risk. Lifestyle among students should in positive trend to reduce the disease risk and physical activities pattern should be systematic to build up balanced students in terms of intellectual, emotional and health.
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To Cite this Article: Gelau, A. A. E., Razak, M. R. A., & Ismail, E. (2019). Lifestyle and Physical Activities among Ibans Students’ Co-Curricular Activities in Bintulu, Sarawak. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(6), 1228–1236.
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