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Physical Activity of Teachers

The aim of this paper is to determine the level of physical activity of high school teachers, and establish whether there are differences in physical activity of female and male teachers during their professional work, travel to and from work, and leisure time taking into consideration their age, gender and work experience. The study includes teachers of a high school in Slavonia, Croatia. The sample includes 41 high school teachers aged from 25 to 64 with the average age being 45 years and eight months. This study uses the Croatian version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) as the measuring instrument. The descriptive statistical analysis resulted in the following parameters: arithmetic mean and standard deviation of the total physical activity of teachers, physical activity at the workplace, physical activity during travel to and from work, and physical activity during leisure time, sporting and recreational activities. The Man - Whitney U test with the significance level of p< 0.05 was used to determine the differences between the named arithmetic means. The results presented in the paper show that the overall level of physical activity among the respondents was high, amounting to 4, 753.85 MET-min/week for male and 2, 137.14 MET-min/week for female teachers. The results also show that 76 % of teachers engaged in moderate and high-intensity physical activities which benefit health, while 24 % of teachers engaged in low- intensity physical activities.

educators, exercise, leasure time, transport

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