Vol. 10, No 2, 2012 pp. 127 - 134
UDC 796:616.12-008.331.1
Original empirical article
A COMPARISON OF BODY FAT AND BLOOD PRESSURE BETWEEN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND NON-PHYSICAL EDUCATION MAJOR MALE STUDENTS
Hamid Arazi, Rastegar Hoseini, Ayoub Behrozi
Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
E-mail: hamidarazi@yahoo.com
Abstract. In the past few decades, a great deal of attention has been focused on the relationships between body weight, physical activity, hypertension, eating habits and behavior. Recently, obesity and hypertension prevalence has increased significantly. The purpose of this study was to compare body fat and blood pressure between male physical education students and non-physical education major male students of the University of Guilan in Iran. The target population consisted entirely of male students of the University of Guilan. Among them, there were 160 male physical education students and 170 non-physical education major male students, with a mean age of 23.1±3.9 and 22.4±1.1 years, height 175.6±4.3 and 169.4±4.2 cm, weight 67.3±2.4 and 78.3±3.26 kg and body mass index 21.9±1.8 and 27.3±5.7 kg/m2 respectively. The SPSW statistical software (version 18) was used to analyze the descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), the t–test and the Pearson correlation coefficient. The results show that the waist-hip ratio (WHR), blood pressure (SBP and DBP) and relative fat among non-physical education major students had higher values than physical education students. In addition, there were significant differences between these two groups of students (p<0.05). In the study, the results showed that a low level of physical activity enables the prevalence obesity, overweight, and hypertension in non-physical education major students. Therefore, an increase in the physical activity level and improving nutrition education programs for non-athletes could be an effective way of decreasing obesity, overweight and hypertension in non-physical education students.
Key words: obesity, physical education, non-physical education major, hypertension.
POREĐENJE PROCENATA TELESNE MASTI I KRVNOG PRITISKA IZMEĐU STUDENATA SPORTA I FIZIČKE KULTURE I STUDENATA DRUGIH OBLASTI
Tokom proteklih nekoliko decenija, dosta je pažnje posvećeno odnosu između telesne težine, fizičke aktivnosti, hipertenzije, navika u ishrani i oblika ponašanja. U skorije vreme, učestalost gojaznosti i hipertenzije je značajno porasla. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je da se uporedi procenat masnih naslaga i krvnog pritiska između studenata sporta i fizičke kulture i studenata drugih oblasti na Univerzitetu Guilan u Iranu. Ciljna populacija sastojala se isključivo od muških studenata na Univerzitetu Guilan. Među njima, bilo je 160 studenata fizičke kulture i 170 studenata drugih oblasti, sa prosečnom starošću od 23.1±3.9 i 22.4±1.1 god, visinom 175.6±4.3 i 169.4±4.2 cm, težinom 67.3±2.4 i 78.3±3.26 kg i indeksom telesne mase 21.9±1.8 and 27.3±5.7 kg/m2 tim redosledom. SPSW program za obradu statističkih podataka (verzija 18) je korišćen da bi se analizirali faktori deskriptivne statistike (srednja vrednost i standardna devijacija), kao i t–test i Pirsonov koeficijent korelacije. Rezultati pokazuju da su odnos struk-kukovi (WHR), krvni pritisak (SBP i DBP) i relativne količine masnog tkiva među studentima drugih oblasti imali veće vrednosti od onih zabeleženih kod studenata fizičke kulture. Pored toga, došlo je do značajnih razlika između ove dve grupe studenata (p<0.05). U ovom istraživanju, rezultati su pokazali da nizak nivo fizičkih aktivnosti dovodi do veće učestalosti gojaznosti, prekomerne težine i hipertenzije kod studenata drugih oblasti. Samim tim, povećanje u nivou fizičke aktivnosti i poboljšanje programa posvećenih zdravoj ishrani za studente koji ne studiraju sport i fizičku kulturu bi mogao biti efikasan način za smanjenje gojaznosti, prekomerne težine i hipertenzije kod studenata koji studiraju fizičku kulturu.
Ključne reči: gojaznost, fizička kultura, studenti koji ne studiraju sport i fizičku kulturu, hipertenzija
