Open AccessAnalysis of the Association of Selected Leisure Time Activities and Overweight in University Students
Author(s) -
K. Grendova,
M. Machajova,
Kamila Bartková
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical social work journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2222-386X
pISSN - 2076-9741
DOI - 10.22359/cswhi_12_5_04
Subject(s) - overweight , psychology , association (psychology) , inclusion (mineral) , obesity , statistical analysis , leisure time , significant difference , statistical significance , test (biology) , gerontology , medical education , clinical psychology , mathematics education , applied psychology , medicine , social psychology , physical therapy , physical activity , statistics , mathematics , paleontology , psychotherapist , biology
Objective: The aim was to analyze preferred free time activi- ties of adolescents / university studentsDesign: Cross-sectional studyParticipants: The inclusion criteria for participants were full- time university students with amaximum age of 25 years. The study involved atotal of 173 students.Methodology:Data were collected by an online questionnaire and also by observing the behavior of university students. The obtained data were processed in the statistical program R-pro- ject. Statistically significant values are at the level of p ≤ 0.05. Statistical tests - chi square test and correlation - were used for the analysis. Results:The results show that university students prefer seden- tary activities in their free time, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing. University students spend several hours aday in front of their computer screen. Conclusion: The results proved that smoking had no effect on BMI values. The results showed that there was no statistically significant difference in BMI values in terms of the amount of time university students spend in front of their computer screen in their free time.