Naslov
Differences in the Level of Physical Activity between Students with Different Nutritional Status

Autori
Alić, Jelena ; Ivković, Gordana ; Mavra, Nevia

Izvornik
Sport Science, International scientific journal of kinesiology (1840-3662) 11 (2018), 2; 101-106

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
differences ; nutritional status ; physical activity ; students

Sažetak
Insufficient level of physical activity among student population may generate numerous adverse health, psychological, socio-economic and ecological effects. For this reason, targeted action is required in order to obtain the level of recommended physical activity among students. The aim of this study is to determine the level of physical activity on the sample of 312 female students of the University of Zadar and the differences in the level of PA between the subgroups of different nutritional status. The body mass index was calculated for the purpose of determining the nutritional status and the International Physical Activity questionnaire (IPAQ) was used to assess both the overall level of physical activity and domain-specific physical activity. The results obtained indicate that the level of physical activity of female students at the University of Zadar (64.75 MET-hours/week) is higher than the one measured among students from other universities. The highest level of physical activity measured is household physical activity (16.17 MET-hour/week), then follows leisure-time physical activity (14, 69 MET-hours/week) and transportation physical activity (14.39 MET-hours/week). The results of Kruskal-Wallis test indicate that there are no statistically significant differences in the overall level of physical activity of female students with different nutritional status. The differences were observed only in frequency of leisure-time physical activity (p=0.05). Both normal weight female students and obese female students show statistically significant higher level of PA in leisure time from their underweight and overweight female colleagues. Considering the results obtained the interventions with regards to increasing the level of physical activity should be directed towards leisure-time domain and towards overweight female students.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Kineziologija, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti

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