Level Of Physical Activity Of Physical Education Students In Poland And Ireland

Górski, Michał; Piątkowska, Monika; Pastuszak, Anna; Michalak, Bartłomiej

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“…20 The studies by Kościuczuk et al 28 carried out using the same tool in a similar group of dietetics and physiotherapy students showed that the summary PA was on average 3014.5 MET-min/week (±1564.8), being therefore far lower than the mean value obtained in the reported study (which was 7322.29 MET-min/ week). In contrast, the result obtained in the present study is closer to the findings by Górski et al 29 in a group of Polish and Irish physical education students, in which the total PA level was 11477 (±6331) and 7205 (±4787) MET-min/ week respectively. The PA level was not correlated, nor was it a predictor of the majority of the assessed body composition parameters, except the volume of VAT in women (Table 2) (the correlation coefficient -0.27, hence clear but low linear dependence; the number of women (n = 71) guarantees the significance of the correlation coefficient).…”

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Behavioral components of pro-healthy lifestyle and bioelectrical impedance body composition in Polish young adults: Preliminary results

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Introduction: Adverse health behaviors changes are reported during emerging adulthood, inter alia the reduced level of physical activity (PA), worse diet quality etc. There are only very few studies concerned with the relationship between health behaviors and body composition in healthy young adults. Aim: The aim was to investigate the relationship between behavioral components of prohealthy lifestyle and body composition assessed by bioelectrical impedance (BIA) in the cohort of Polish young adults. Material and methods: A cross-sectional observational study of health behaviors, anthropometric indices and BIA body composition was conducted in Polish young adults (n = 92) aged 18–24 (mean 19.33, SD 0.915), 71 females. Behavioral variables included: general health behaviors, PA, eating behaviors and nutritional knowledge. Body composition was analyzed by means of the BIA phase-sensitive 8-electrode medical SECA mBCA 525 device. Results and discussion: A higher level of PA was associated with a lower volume of visceral adipose tissue in females (r = –0.27; P < 0.05). In the males, the intensification of unhealthy diet was negatively correlated with the muscle mass (r = 0.65; P < 0.01), and the higher level of nutritional knowledge resulted in a smaller waist circumference (r = –0.45; P < 0.05). Behavioral components of pro-healthy lifestyle were not significant predictors of body composition/anthropometric indices such as waist circumference, fat mass index, fat free mass index and body mass index. Conclusions: The reported studies provide an important insight into the sex-specific correlations between the behavioral components of the pro-healthy lifestyle and body composition in healthy young adults.

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