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Faculty Health and Fitness Assessment
Welcome to the HKU Faculty Health and Fitness Assessment, an initiative aimed at integrating the principles of Exercise is Medicine (EIM) into our faculty community. Our primary goal is to encourage faculty members to make their health a priority and actively participate in exercise, leading to enhanced overall well-being, reduced stress levels, increased energy and productivity, and ultimately, a harmonious work-life balance.
Contact us to arrange the Health and Fitness Assessments at your department/faculty to start creating a healthy, productive and active team!
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Our Testing
Fitness assessments allow staff to understand their health and well being with a range of tests that cover different health and fitness parameters including: blood pressure, body composition, muscular strength, cardiovascular fitness and flexibility. Knowing where you are with these parameters will allow you to further enhance your wellbeing. These can provide further motivation and encouragement to improve health and well being through physical activity.
Department/faculty will need to provide conference room, CSE will provide all staff and equipment for assessment. 4 people every 15mins to be assessed (16 ppl per 1 hour).
Participating Faculty and Department
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Data analysis: How does HKU compare?
From our analysis of the Faculty Fitness Assessment data it is observed that more than 73% of the participants did not meet the weekly physical activity requirements (less than 150 minutes per week), emphasizing the need for increased participation in physical activities. This may contribute to the other data that saw 10% of the participants falling below average levels for aerobic fitness; 13% showed signs of high blood pressure; 40% had a Body Mass Index (BMI) above 23; over 75% do no have sufficient grip strength and around 28% of the participants demonstrated decreased flexibility. These findings highlight the importance of giving further attention and taking action to enhance the physical and overall well-being of our HKU family.
Blood Pressure
Indications of high blood pressure
13%
BMI
Number over 22.9
40%
Grip Strength
Need to improvement
75%
Step Testing
Below Average
10%
Sit and Reach
Poor
27%
Questionnaire
Less than 150 mins
73%