Thailand physical activity situation based on Kaotajai season 1 participants

Abstract

Physical activity was a global focusing health issue. Department of health was conducting KaoTaJai project to promote physical activity through online application. This cross-sectional study aimed to illustrate physical activity situation of Thai people based on secondary data from Kaotajai database since February 1st to March 31st 2020. This Kaotajai Season 1 Virtual Run campaign had totally 480,117 participants from 77 provinces across Thailand. Subjects were the participants who submitted result at least 1 time and at least 18 years of age (53.7% of total participants) which were composed of health personnel, village health volunteer and others in proportion of 31.9%, 51.3% and 16.8% respectively. 80.5% were female. According to age range, 45-59 years of age were 45.9%, 31-44 years of age were 31.7%. By nutritional status, 35.8% were normal, 28.6% were obesity level 1, 20.1% were overweight, 11.4 were obesity level 2 and 4.0% were underweight. Total cumulative distance were 20,494,716.27 kilometers. The average of distance were 80.7 kilometers per person which was estimated 1,764 daily steps (1.345 km/day). However, there still were challenges of development in new paradigm of physical activity and health promotion operation in digital era through internet network and smart devices under Thailand contexts such as people who was unable to access the internet, communication through graphic and user interface inside the platform.