Perception of Active Lifestyle of Singidunum University Freshmen Students

Keywords:
Health, Physical Activity, Lifestyle Habits, Youth

Abstract:
Physical activity plays a crucial role in maintaining a healthy lifestyle in general. Physical activity (PA) steadily decreases from childhood to adolescence, hence university students could be considered a risk group. An active/healthy lifestyle should be seen as a multidimensional system of one’s behavior determined by physical activities, other behaviors, and habits that are linked with health, such as proper diet, regular preventive health and dental examinations, regular blood pressure control, stress control, eliminating harmful lifestyle habits (consuming alcohol, smoking, etc.)This survey aimed to assess individual evaluation of basic elements of active lifestyle perception among university freshmen students with the research instrument Perception of Active Lifestyle (PAL) that covers key elements of active lifestyle (physical activity, dietary habits, relation towards own health, the condition of personal emotions, and safety habits.Results from the current study indicate that students’ perception of their health is relatively high, however, safety habits had below-average scores indicating lower medical awareness among this population. PA level of our sample suggests that they are more physically active than their peers from 23 countries. Universities have the responsibility of teaching students not only how to do things and earn a living, but also how to live a healthy life and educational authorities who care about its youth should put more effort into providing resources that could contribute to their PA and overall well-being

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A. Gadžić, V. Vođević, D. Nikolić, “Perception of Active Lifestyle of Singidunum University Freshmen Students,” in Sinteza 2024 - International Scientific Conference on Information Technology, Computer Science, and Data Science, Belgrade, Singidunum University, Serbia, 2024, pp. 330-335. doi:10.15308/Sinteza-2024-330-335

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Gadžić, A., Vođević, V., Nikolić, D. (2024). Perception of Active Lifestyle of Singidunum University Freshmen Students. Paper presented at Sinteza 2024 - International Scientific Conference on Information Technology, Computer Science, and Data Science. doi:10.15308/Sinteza-2024-330-335

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