University School of Physical Education, Wrocław, Poland.
Adv Clin Exp Med. 2013 Mar-Apr;22(2):273-81.
Alcohol consumption is becoming increasingly popular among teenagers in Poland and affects younger and younger people. Many government promotional campaigns are aimed at reducing this phenomenon. There is an opinion that encouraging young people to practice sports and promoting a healthy lifestyle through sports and physical recreation could be helpful in solving this problem.
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between physical activity declared by the Junior High Schools students and alcohol consumption.
The study was carried out on a group of 450 students from six Junior High Schools from central and south-western Poland. The Core Questions Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) - extended by authors of this paper with the descriptive part on the declared level of physical activity - was used to survey the teenagers.
Physical activity is an important factor influencing alcohol consumption and consumption frequency by Junior High Schools students. The study has shown that physical activity is related to alcohol consumption declared by the Junior High Schools students - the number of days they drink alcohol and the number of days when they are drunk, particularly girls. In fact, girls are more prone to consuming large amounts of alcohol and get drunk, especially when they belong to a group of physically passive subjects. The lowest alcohol consumption has been observed in Junior High Schools students, who had declared irregular physical activity, but the highest and the most frequent one has been observed in students, who had declared physical passivity. The students, mostly boys, who declared the regular physical activity (they most commonly practiced sports), had not abstained from alcohol, especially beer and had got drunk often.
The physical activity may be an important factor in preventing excessive alcohol consumption. Participation in physical activity is beneficial especially to girls, since when they remain physically passive, they often turn to alcohol. However, one should take into account the type of physical activity and the nature of the effort, as the authors of similar studies point out.
在波兰，青少年饮酒的现象日益普遍，饮酒人群的年龄也越来越小。许多政府宣传活动旨在减少这种现象。有人认为，鼓励年轻人进行体育锻炼，通过体育和体育娱乐活动促进健康的生活方式，可能有助于解决这个问题。
本研究旨在确定中学生所宣称的体育活动与饮酒之间的关系。
该研究在波兰中南部六所初中的 450 名学生中进行。采用青少年全球烟草调查核心问题（GYTS）问卷进行调查，作者在问卷中增加了关于所宣称的体育活动水平的描述部分。
体育活动是影响中学生饮酒和饮酒频率的重要因素。研究表明，体育活动与中学生所宣称的饮酒行为有关，包括饮酒天数和醉酒天数，尤其是女生。事实上，女生更倾向于大量饮酒和醉酒，尤其是那些属于体育活动不活跃群体的女生。在被调查的中学生中，体育活动不规律的学生饮酒量和醉酒频率最低，但体育活动最不活跃的学生饮酒量和醉酒频率最高。经常参加体育活动（最常参加体育运动）的男生学生并未戒酒，尤其是啤酒，而且经常醉酒。
体育活动可能是预防过度饮酒的一个重要因素。参加体育活动对女生尤其有益，因为当她们不参加体育活动时，她们往往会转向饮酒。然而，正如类似研究的作者所指出的，应该考虑体育活动的类型和强度。
