YOUNG PEOPLE AND LEISURE-TIME SPORT ACTIVITIES.

Objective The aim of the study was to investigate the sport activitiy level during the leisure-time and the body mass index of the young people. Methods The work is a non-experimental study. It is a pilot study applied to some groups of high school and college students. The measurement research instruments used for the study were physical activity index and body mass index. In order to fund out the physical activity index we applied the survey with three parameters (intensity, lasting and irecvency) with four-five levels, quantified by figures and applied in a formula. The final score characterizes physical activities and fitness category of the subjects. An other instrument used is body mass index, hat is a measure of relative weight based on an individual's mass and height. The samples of study were three groups of subjects, males and females: the first is high school students aged 16-19; the second group is college students aged 20-25 and the third group is college students 26-30 years old. The total number of subjects is 165. Results The results indicate the average scores 40-60 points for 21 -25 years male category. The other categories of gender and age scores are included at 20-40 points. Calculated body mass index is about 18.8-25 kg/nr for males, age 16-25 years and females aged 21-25. For the others subjects the body mass index is 25-30 kg/m2. Conclusions Most subjects had an inadequate physical activity that means sedentary persons with poor fitness. Almost the same majority is slightly overweight. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]