<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_sjph-2018-0012_s_006_w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1aab1c18b1Aa"><h3>Introduction</h3><p>There is currently a strong scientific evidence about the negative health consequences of physical inactivity. One of the potential tools for promoting physical activity at the institutional level of the Ecological model is to create conditions and settings that would enable pupils, students and employees engage in some form of physical activity. However, physical activities as a subject are being eliminated from the study programs at Slovak universities. The purpose of the study was to find current evidence about the level of structured physical activity and health-related variables in university students in Košice.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2018-0012_s_007_w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1aab1c18b2Aa"><h3>Material and methods</h3><p>The sample consisted of 1,993 or, more precisely, 1,398 students who attended two universities in Košice. To collect data, students completed a questionnaire and were tested for body height, body weight, circumferential measures and percentage body fat.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2018-0012_s_008_w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1aab1c18b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>The university students did not sufficiently engage in a structured physical activity. A large number of students had either low or high values of percentage body fat and BMI and high WHR values.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2018-0012_s_009_w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1aab1c18b4Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Our findings have shown that the research into physical activity of university students should receive more attention.</p></sec></abstract>

IntroductionThere is currently a strong scientific evidence about the negative health consequences of physical inactivity. One of the potential tools for promoting physical activity at the institutional level of the Ecological model is to create conditions and settings that would enable pupils, students and employees engage in some form of physical activity. However, physical activities as a subject are being eliminated from the study programs at Slovak universities. The purpose of the study was to find current evidence about the level of structured physical activity and health-related variables in university students in Košice.Material and methodsThe sample consisted of 1,993 or, more precisely, 1,398 students who attended two universities in Košice. To collect data, students completed a questionnaire and were tested for body height, body weight, circumferential measures and percentage body fat.ResultsThe university students did not sufficiently engage in a structured physical activity. A large number of students had either low or high values of percentage body fat and BMI and high WHR values.ConclusionsOur findings have shown that the research into physical activity of university students should receive more attention.

Movement activity determination with health-related variables of university students in Kosice

Department of Applied Mathematics and Business Informatics

Department of Biomedical Engineering and Measurement

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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DOLOČANJE GIBALNE DEJAVNOSTI S SPREMENLJIVKAMI NA PODROČJU ZDRAVJA PRI UNIVERZITETNIH ŠTUDENTIH V MESTU KOŠICE

IntroductionThere is currently a strong scientific evidence about the negative health consequences of physical inactivity. One of the potential tools for...

Movement activity determination with health-related variables of university students in Kosice

Article Category: Original scientific article

Publicado en línea: 12 abr 2018

Páginas: 88 - 95

Recibido: 29 may 2017

Aceptado: 12 mar 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2018-0012

Palabras clave
Physical activity, percentage body fat, Body mass index, Waist-hip ratio, university students

© 2018 National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Movement activity determination with health-related variables of university students in Kosice

Article Category: Original scientific article

Publicado en línea: 12 abr 2018

Páginas: 88 - 95

Recibido: 29 may 2017

Aceptado: 12 mar 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2018-0012

Palabras clavePhysical activity, percentage body fat, Body mass index, Waist-hip ratio, university students

© 2018 National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Physical activity, percentage body fat, Body mass index, Waist-hip ratio, university students