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low risk levels, are most popular among women. Doyle et al. (2019) demonstrated that
men had higher odds of preferring competitive activities, and activity types such as
football, fitness and jogging. Women were shown to have significantly higher odds of
preferring activities with people of the same gender, with supervision, if it were done
at home, and choosing activities such as walking, aerobics, cycling, squash or yoga.
Drygas et al. (2013) also showed that men preferred longer physical activity (30 min
and more per day), while women prefer physical efforts of less than 30 min per day.
As a result, some of the Wrocław university students may not have reported physical
activities shorter than 10 min, following the IPAQ-SF questionnaire guidelines. This
explanation is partly consistent with the results of some recent studies (Beghin et al.
2019), which show that gender differences in physical activity are no longer so great
and tend to fade.
5 Conclusions
1. Male and female university students from Wrocław are characterized by mainly
high and moderate levels of physical activity, according to IPAQ criteria.
2. The surveyed men, when compared to women, undertake moderate intensity
physical activity for a longer time during the day. They also exhibit a higher
energy expenditure of moderate physical activity. This observation seems to
confirm the results of some recent studies, which show a tendency to blur the
gender differences in physical activity.
3. The gender differences in moderately intense physical activity, as identified in
the present study, do not exempt public health authorities from recommending
activities aimed at creating programs to promote physical activity among female
students. The proposed actions are consistent with the concept of sustainable
development, since gender equality in physical activity is one of its important
manifestations.
References
Azevedo M, Araújo C, Reichert F, Siqueira F, Da Silva M, Hallal P (2007) Gender differences in
leisure-time physical activity. Int J Public Health 52(1):8–15
Beghin L, et al (2019) Gender influences physical activity changes during adolescence: the HELENA
study December 2019. Clini Nutr 38(6):2900–2905
Bergier J (2012) Physical activity of society—a contemporary problem (research review).Człowiek
i Zdrowie 6(1):3–12
Bestard Y, Machado C (2015) Physical activity and environmental education for the quality of life:
more to sustainability? Remea-Revista Eletronica Do Mestradoem Educacao Ambiental 3:29–37
Biernat E (2011) Physical activity of Warsaw residents on the example of selected professional
groups. SGH, Warsaw
D. Puciato and M. Rozpara
low risk levels, are most popular among women. Doyle et al. (2019) demonstrated that
men had higher odds of preferring competitive activities, and activity types such as
football, fitness and jogging. Women were shown to have significantly higher odds of
preferring activities with people of the same gender, with supervision, if it were done
at home, and choosing activities such as walking, aerobics, cycling, squash or yoga.
Drygas et al. (2013) also showed that men preferred longer physical activity (30 min
and more per day), while women prefer physical efforts of less than 30 min per day.
As a result, some of the Wrocław university students may not have reported physical
activities shorter than 10 min, following the IPAQ-SF questionnaire guidelines. This
explanation is partly consistent with the results of some recent studies (Beghin et al.
2019), which show that gender differences in physical activity are no longer so great
and tend to fade.
5 Conclusions
1. Male and female university students from Wrocław are characterized by mainly
high and moderate levels of physical activity, according to IPAQ criteria.
2. The surveyed men, when compared to women, undertake moderate intensity
physical activity for a longer time during the day. They also exhibit a higher
energy expenditure of moderate physical activity. This observation seems to
confirm the results of some recent studies, which show a tendency to blur the
gender differences in physical activity.
3. The gender differences in moderately intense physical activity, as identified in
the present study, do not exempt public health authorities from recommending
activities aimed at creating programs to promote physical activity among female
students. The proposed actions are consistent with the concept of sustainable
development, since gender equality in physical activity is one of its important
manifestations.
References
Azevedo M, Araújo C, Reichert F, Siqueira F, Da Silva M, Hallal P (2007) Gender differences in
leisure-time physical activity. Int J Public Health 52(1):8–15
Beghin L, et al (2019) Gender influences physical activity changes during adolescence: the HELENA
study December 2019. Clini Nutr 38(6):2900–2905
Bergier J (2012) Physical activity of society—a contemporary problem (research review).Człowiek
i Zdrowie 6(1):3–12
Bestard Y, Machado C (2015) Physical activity and environmental education for the quality of life:
more to sustainability? Remea-Revista Eletronica Do Mestradoem Educacao Ambiental 3:29–37
Biernat E (2011) Physical activity of Warsaw residents on the example of selected professional
groups. SGH, Warsaw