Relationship Between Physical Activity Levels and Body Compositions of University Students

Autor: Şükran Arikan, Serkan Revan
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Volume: 21, Issue: 1 67-73
Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise
ISSN: 2147-5652
DOI: 10.15314/tsed.531201
Popis: The aim of this study is to determine therelationship between physical activity levels and body composition ofuniversity students. A total of 155 students (56 women, 99 men) attendingSelcuk University Faculty of Sports Sciences voluntarily participated in theresearch. Body composition was determined by bioelectrical impedance analysiswhile the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)- short form wasused to determine students' physical activity levels. According to the researchfindings, there was no correlation between body composition variables andphysical activity level variables in men (p> 0,05), but there was only aweak but significant negative correlation between total physical activity scoreand height in women (p
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