2001 Michigan Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
Physical Activity Fact Sheet
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Trends

Compared to 1997, significantly more high school students exercised to lose weight or keep from gaining weight.

Survey Question MI Gender Grade race/ethnicity
01 M F 9 10 11 12 White Black Hispanic
% of students who participated in the
recommended amount of vigorous physical
activities1
 
during the past 7 days
65 72 57 69 64 61 63 68 48 52
% of students who participated in the
recommended amount of moderate
physical activities2
  during the past 7 days
27 30 24 28 27 25 29 28 20 26
% of students who did not participate in
the recommended amount3  of moderate
and vigorous physical activity
during
the past 7 days
31 25 37 26 32 35 33 28 46 42
% of students who participated in no
vigorous or moderate physical activity

during the past 7 days.
10 8 11 9 8 11 11 8 19 16
% of students who did exercises to
strengthen or tone their muscles
on
3 or more of the past 7 days
52 60 45 54 53 50 52 55 37 42
% of students who watched 3 hours or
more of TV per day
on an average
school day
31 32 30 35 36 27 22 26 57 47
% of students who attended physical
education (PE) class
one or more days
during an average school week
44 50 38 67 40 27 35 43 51 46
% of students who attended physical
education (PE) class daily
29 33 26 46 25 18 24 28 35 32
Of students enrolled in physical
education (PE) class, % who exercised or
played sports more than 20 minutes
during
an average physical education class
83 85 81 81 86 85 88 89 56
% of students who played on one or more
sports teams
during the past 12 months
61 65 57 63 62 60 57 63 48 52

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