Changes in Body Mass and Composition of the Body as Well as Physical Activity and Time Spent in Front of the Monitor by Students of the Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences during the Period of COVID-19 Restrictions

Chwałczyńska, Agnieszka; Andrzejewski, Waldemar

doi:10.3390/ijerph18157801

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“…Similar correlations were found in Chwalczynska’s study, where an increase in the number of hours spent in front of the monitor during lockdown resulted in an increase in the amount of body fat in the students of the Medical University of Wrocław and the University of Physical Education. [ 51 ] This fact was confirmed by the results showing a more than twofold increase in the amount of time spent in front of a computer or TV, as shown in Table 6 .…”

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Lifestyle, Physical Activity and Dietary Habits of Medical Students of Wroclaw Medical University during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kosendiak

Wysocki

Krysiński

2022

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The new disease COVID-19, induced by SARS-CoV-2, causes acute respiratory infection. Many countries, including Poland, began to set a variety of different restrictions to reduce the spread of the virus. Most students had problems with online lessons. The study was conducted among second year medicine students of the Medical University of Wroclaw, and after the entire process of verification 200 respondents were accepted. The research consisted of completing the same anonymous online questionnaires twice in March and October 2020. This finally allowed for a critical assessment of the impact of the pandemic and its restrictions on the students’ daily lives. During the online classes, low levels of physical activity persisted (p = 0.718), whereas time spent sitting increased (p < 0.001). Despite positive changes in declared snacking (p = 0.061), we observed significant drops in the index of healthy diet (p = 0.001) and nutritional knowledge (p < 0.001) as well as an increase in the consumption of fast-food (p < 0.001) and energy drinks (p = 0.019). Reduced nutritional knowledge can cause a decrease in attention to healthy food preparation and much more frequent consumption of fast-food.

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Lifestyle, Physical Activity and Dietary Habits of Medical Students of Wroclaw Medical University during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kosendiak

Wysocki

Krysiński

2022

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“…In women, symptoms from the nervous system were more common-headaches and dizziness or chronic fatigue, and in men-symptoms from the musculoskeletal system-pain in muscles, joints, numbness of the limbs or chronic fatigue. It can also be observed that the results obtained by Chwałczy ńska and Andrzejewski in the group of men coincide with the results presented in this study of the respondents from Group I, and the results of women with the data obtained in Group II [1]. Such a difference between the results in the group of men may be caused by the nature of the university where the respondents study.…”

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“…At the beginning of 2020, the health situation in the world changed significantly and the appearance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus affected the daily functioning of people [1,2]. The rapid spread of the virus led to the introduction of a pandemic state by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020 [3].…”

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Changes in Physical Activity and the Occurrence of Specific Symptoms of “Long-COVID Syndrome” in Men Aged 18–25

Sójka

Machniak

Andrzejewski

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The aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of non-specific symptoms of “long-COVID syndrome” depending on the physical activity undertaken resulting from the imposed forms of study (distance learning–contact learning); 136 men aged 21.5 ± 1.58 from universities educating students of medical faculties were examined. The difference between the universities was mainly due to the nature of the classes undertaken (classes remotely-hybrid form) in the period from March 2020 to February 2021. Among the respondents, 17% in Group I and 16% in Group II were infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including 50% in Group I with moderate symptoms, and in Group II—most people 45% with mild symptoms. The conducted research clearly shows the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students. They show a number of important problems, such as reduced physical activity, as well as increased body weight and time spent in front of the monitor. They also make it clear that the health consequences of the pandemic affect both people who were infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and those who did not suffer from this infection.

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“…In addition, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease have been identified as potential risk factors for more severely ill patients with COVID-19 (Martinez-Ferran et al, 2020). Chwałczyńska and Andrzejewski (2021) found in their study that Sports Science students had normal BMI values at the beginning of the pandemic. Romero-Blanco et al (2020) reported that 76.5% of the students had a normal BMI in the study they conducted on Sports Science students during the pandemic period.…”

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Do Daily Step Counts During the Pandemic Affect the Body Composition and Mental Well-Being of University Students?

Yanar

Güler

2021

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This study aims to determine whether the number of daily steps is effective in the body composition and mental well-being of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research group of the study consisted of 40 volunteer students studying at the Faculty of Sport Sciences by being randomly assigned to the experimental (n:20) and control (n:20) groups. The research is in the experimental model with a pre-test/post-test control group. As a data collection tool in the study, the 'Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale' was used to determine the personal information form and mental well-being. The obtained data were analysed in the Jamovi 1.8.2 statistical software program with a 95% reliability interval and 5% margin of error. In the analysis of the data, percentage (%), frequency (f), and mean (x̄) values were used in the descriptive data, Paired Samples t-test was used in the pre-test/post-test comparison, and Multinomial Regression analysis was used in the relational analysis. According to the findings of the study, 75% of the students in the experimental group and 70% of the students in the control group were in the normal weight class according to the body mass index classification. According to waist-hip ratio classification, 85% of the experimental group and 70% of the control group were in the group that did not have cardiovascular disease risk. After two months of application, the daily average number of steps of the experimental group (12.5751898.1) and the daily average number of steps of the control group were determined as (5381.272026.2). While there was a statistically significant difference in the pre-test/post-test body mass index averages of the experimental group who were asked to take at least 10,000 steps per day (p0.05), although there was an increase in the mean waist-hip ratio and mental well-being, there was no statistically significant difference (p0.05). It was determined that the step average had a statistically significant effect on the experimental group according to the body mass index classification (p0.05). As a result, while taking at least 10,000 steps per day was effective in the body mass index of the students, it was not so in the waist-hip ratio and mental well-being. In this context, physical activity, and especially walking, can be recommended at the point of protecting health. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0881/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

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Changes in Body Mass and Composition of the Body as Well as Physical Activity and Time Spent in Front of the Monitor by Students of the Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences during the Period of COVID-19 Restrictions

Cited by 25 publications

References 31 publications

Lifestyle, Physical Activity and Dietary Habits of Medical Students of Wroclaw Medical University during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lifestyle, Physical Activity and Dietary Habits of Medical Students of Wroclaw Medical University during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Changes in Physical Activity and the Occurrence of Specific Symptoms of “Long-COVID Syndrome” in Men Aged 18–25

Do Daily Step Counts During the Pandemic Affect the Body Composition and Mental Well-Being of University Students?

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