a Faculty of Physical Culture, Institute of Active Lifestyle , Palacky University , Olomouc , Czech Republic.
Eur J Sport Sci. 2013;13(6):744-50. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2013.776638. Epub 2013 Mar 8.
The decline of physical activity (PA) in adults as well as children and youth is a worldwide phenomenon. The aim of this study is to analyse the amount of PA in Czech university students' daily lives. The research on university students was conducted as part of nationwide research on PA in the adult population of the Czech Republic. A total of 906 students at eight selected universities were asked to participate in this study. The response rate was 79.5%. We analysed data from 641 university students: 318 male [mean age 21.63 ± 1.73; mean Body Mass Index (BMI) 23.50 ± 1.91] and 323 female (mean age 21.08 ± 1.53; mean BMI 21.23 ± 2.20). The students wore Yamax SW-701 pedometers continuously for seven days. With respect to BMI, the recommendation of 10,000 steps per day on an average day was met by 76% of men and 68% of women of normal weight, 67% of male students who were overweight or obese and 85% of female students who were overweight or obese. Of all monitored days, in both females and males, the number of steps taken on Sunday was significantly lower (p<0.0001) in comparison to other days of a week. No significant differences were found in the number of steps taken among students of normal weight, students who were overweight and students who were obese on any of the monitored days. The majority of Czech male university students are of normal weight. Only 9% of students meet the criterion of 10,000 steps every day. Approximately two-thirds of students meet the 10,000 steps daily criterion on four or more days per week. The lowest number of steps is taken on Sundays; this finding supports the need for intervention programmes to enhance PA on weekends.
体力活动（PA）在成年人以及儿童和青少年中的减少是一个全球性现象。本研究的目的是分析捷克大学生日常生活中的体力活动量。这项针对大学生的研究是在捷克共和国全国范围内对成年人体力活动进行研究的一部分。共有 8 所选定大学的 906 名学生被要求参加这项研究。回应率为 79.5%。我们分析了 641 名大学生的数据：318 名男性[平均年龄 21.63 ± 1.73；平均体重指数（BMI）23.50 ± 1.91]和 323 名女性（平均年龄 21.08 ± 1.53；平均 BMI 21.23 ± 2.20）。学生们连续 7 天佩戴 Yamax SW-701 计步器。就 BMI 而言，每天 10,000 步的建议被 76%的正常体重男性和 68%的正常体重女性、67%的超重或肥胖男性学生和 85%的超重或肥胖女性学生所满足。在所有监测日中，无论是女性还是男性，周日所走的步数都明显低于（p<0.0001）一周中其他日子。在任何监测日中，正常体重、超重和肥胖的学生之间所走的步数都没有发现显著差异。大多数捷克男性大学生的体重正常。只有 9%的学生每天达到 10,000 步的标准。大约三分之二的学生每周有四天或更多天达到每天 10,000 步的标准。周日走的步数最少；这一发现支持需要干预计划来增强周末的体力活动。
