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- Title
OBESITY AND THE PHYSICAL WORK CAPABILITY OF STUDENTS IN NOVI SAD.
- Authors
Romanov, Romana; Perić, Dušan; Ahmetović, Zlatko; Mededović, Bojan
- Abstract
The aims of the current research were to determine the body mass index (BMI), percentage of body fat, maximum oxygen consumption and level of habitual physical activities, and the differences in the student population of both sexes regarding data on health, exercise and nutrition. The sample of participants was composed of 160 students (94 male and 66 female), age 22±1 years. The overall sample of participants is divided into two subsamples, 95 of them were students of physical education that were informed through the study program about health, exercise and nutrition, while the second subsample consisted of 65 students of other study programs that did not receive the afore mentioned information. Body height, body weight and percentage of body fat were established, the body mass index was calculated, maximum oxygen consumption was estimated (by a direct method) and the (weekly) level of habitual physical activities. The data were processed by procedures of descriptive statistics, central and dispersive parameters and distribution of frequencies and comparative statistics, the t-test for independent samples, univariate analysis of variance and Chi-square test to analyze the significance of the differences between the subsamples of students regarding the study program and sex. The results show (complete sample) that almost 2/3 of male students are not physically active, and that the female students have significantly better indicators of body composition than their colleagues. The results for maximum oxygen consumption (complete sample) show that the statistically highest average was obtained in the subsample of students from the physical education study program (49.54 ml/kg/min), while the lowest was identified for a group of female students of other study programs (36.92 ml/kg/min).
- Subjects
NOVI Sad (Serbia); OBESITY; PHYSICAL activity; STUDENTS; BODY mass index; NUTRITION
- Publication
Facta Universitatis: Series Physical Education & Sport, 2014, Vol 12, Issue 3, p315
- ISSN
1451-740X
- Publication type
Article