INTRODUCTION: There is currently a strong scientific evidence about the negative health consequences of physical inactivity. One of the potential tools for promoting physical activity at the institutional level of the Ecological model is to create conditions and settings that would enable pupils, students and employees engage in some form of physical activity. However, physical activities as a subject are being eliminated from the study programs at Slovak universities. The purpose of the study was to find current evidence about the level of structured physical activity and health-related variables in university students in Košice. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The sample consisted of 1,993 or, more precisely, 1,398 students who attended two universities in Košice. To collect data, students completed a questionnaire and were tested for body height, body weight, circumferential measures and percentage body fat. RESULTS: The university students did not sufficiently engage in a structured physical activity. A large number of students had either low or high values of percentage body fat and BMI and high WHR values. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings have shown that the research into physical activity of university students should receive more attention.

UVOD: Trenutno imamo na voljo zelo trdne znanstvene dokaze o negativnih telesnih posledicah zaradi telesne nedejavnosti. Eno izmed morebitnih orodij za promocijo telesne dejavnosti na institucionalni ravni Ekološkega modela je ustvarjanje pogojev in okolja, ki omogoča učencem, študentom in zaposlenim vključevanje v določeno telesno dejavnost. Na univerzah na Slovaškem se telesne dejavnosti kot predmet izločajo iz študijskih programov. Namen študije je raziskovanje trenutnih dokazov o ravni strukturirane telesne dejavnosti in spremenljivk, ki so povezane z zdravjem pri študentih v mestu Košice. GRADIVO IN METODE: Vzorec je vključeval 1.993, ali natančneje 1.398 študentov, ki obiskujejo obe univerzi v mestu Košice. Zbiranje podatkov je potekalo v obliki vprašalnika, ki so ga študenti izpolnili, ter testiranja za pridobivanje podatkov o telesni višini, telesni teži, obodnih vrednosti in odstotka telesne maščobe. REZULTATI: Univerzitetni študenti se ne vključujejo v strukturirane telesne dejavnosti v zadostni meri. Visoko število študentov ima prenizke ali previsoke vrednosti za odstotek telesne maščobe in indeks telesne mase ter visoke vrednosti pri razmerju med pasom in boki. ZAKLJUČEK: Ugotovitve nakazujejo, da bi morali raziskovanju telesne dejavnosti univerzitetnih študentov posvečati več pozornosti.

Masaryk University Faculty od Sports Studies Kamenice 5 Brno Czech Republic

Pavol Jozef Šáfarik University Institute of Physical Education and Sports Ondavská 21 Kosice Slovakia

Prince Sultan University Riyadh Department of Physical Education Riyadh Saudy Arabia

Technical University of Kosice Department of Physical Education Vysokoškolská 4 Kosice Slovakia

Technical University of Kosice Faculty of Economics Department of Applied Mathematics and Business Informatics Němcovej 32 Kosice Slovakia

Technical University of Kosice Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering and Measurement Letná 9 Kosice Slovakia

University of Presov Faculty of Sport Department of Sports Kinanthropology 17th November Str Presov Slovakia

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