Naslov
Correlation between Physical Activityy, Nutrition and Morphological Characteristics of Student Population

Autori
Šeper, Vesna ; Nešić, Nebojša ; Davidović Cvetko, Erna

Izvornik
International journal of prevention and treatment (2167-728X) 6 (2017), 3; 45-49

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

Ključne riječi
nutrition, physical activity, morphologic characteristics, students

Sažetak
The aim of this research was to identify whether there is correlation between nutrition, physical activity and morphological characteristics of student population. Physiotherapy final year students, 27 females and 13 males, age 20.6±1.3 participated. They were asked to complete two questionnaires: on frequency of eating bread, pastry, milk, fruit, vegetables, meat and fish for past 6 months and short International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) Croatian version for past seven days. We measured height, weight, upper and lower extremities circumference, waist and hip circumference and calculated body mass index, percent body fat, lean body mass and waist to hip ratio. Results showed significant difference in consumption of integral bread (p=0.048) and fish (p=0.041) among sexes, but no correlation between morphological characteristics and nutrition (p>0.05). There is no significant sex difference regarding physical activity (PA), except in category vigorous PA (p<0.05). Correlation between PA and morphological characteristics exists for females and males (p<0.05). To conclude, it appears that morphologic characteristics show no correlation with nutrition but do with physical activity in both sexes although women are less active than men.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Napomena
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