Resumen

SACZUK, Jerzy; WASILUK, Agnieszka; CZECZELEWSKI, Jan  y  DłUGOłęCKA, Barbara. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among students with different levels of physical activity. ALAN [online]. 2016, vol.66, n.1, pp.052-059. ISSN 0004-0622.

Civilisation changes helped to improve living conditions in societies but at the same time they posed numerous new threats to the health of a contemporary human. The aim of the work was to define differences in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome risk factors in male and female sports university students with different levels of physical activity. The study included 164 female and 174 male first-year students of the Department of Physical Education and Sport in Biala Podlaska. Body weight and height, circumference of waist, hips, arm and calf as well as elbow and knee breadth were measured. BMI and WHR were calculated. Fat tissue was assessed and the levels of glucose, lipid profile, pulse and blood pressure were taken. Moreover, physical activity and a diet of students were determined. Female and male students of physical education and sport demonstrated a higher level of daily physical activity, which was statistically significant compared to other students. However, different levels of physical activity did not influence their diet or the results of their biochemical and physiological tests. Healththreatening factors were noted in a significant number of the examined women and men.

Palabras clave : Students; physical activity; body build; metabolic syndrome; Estudiantes; la actividad física; la constitución corporal; el síndrome.