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STUDY ON LIFESTYLES OF A STUDENTS GROUP: “ACTIVE LIFE PLAN” UNDER EVALUATION.
MANZO, S., BORGOGNI, A., FALESE, L.
UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO
PP-HF12 Health and Fitness 12
Introduction: The presentation is part of the study “ Physical Activity and Active Lifestyle. A study on the relation between the practice of
physical activity during the past (age 6 to 17) and current lifestyle; stimulus and crossing from “a completely inactive to an active lifestyle” .
The aim of the study is to investigates the current lifestyle and the practice of physical activity during the past (age 6 to 17) of a group of
students of the University of Cassino and it is divided into two phases.
The aim of the presentation is to report some findings which emerge from a questionnaire submitted a group of 511 students and then to
describe the process used in the second phase of the study.
Methods: The first phase involved students from some Faculties of the University; the questionnaire contains different sections, each of
which treats a specific aspect (a lot of PA practice in the past and currently, the kind of PA and the perception relative to lifestyle and active
lifestyle).
The second phase of the research consists of different steps and the aim is to build a Process called “Active life Plan” which may lead to
an understanding of the perception of the current lifestyle and the individual approach to changes in lifestyle. This phase involved only a
part of the students corresponding to the MET LOW profile emerging from IPAQ .
Each step was measured thanks to the completion of specific report cards relative to the aspects of the research
Results: Some of the findings which emerge from the questionnaire tend to show a correspondence between the continuity of activity (in
school and outside school) in the past and the current perception of the level of health. The figures are significantly different for the higher
levels of health (good and very good).
Relative to the second phase of the study, at the moment the data are being elaborated, but it is possible to highlight the perception
relative to the strong motivation that every participant needed to have in order to follow the “Active life Plan”.
Discussion: The data emerging from the firth phase of the research gives rise to study in depth about the theme of the study, useful for
the realization of the Process.
The Process consists of different steps: in the first one, the student group was submitted to an evaluation of daily routine; in the second
step, each aspect of daily routine was analyzed with the aim to develop a specific “Active Life Plan” for each person. The Plan consists of
indications/advice on diet, everyday activity in relation to movement, and the achievement of small objectives like the numbers of the
steps taken per day. In the third phase, the sample group had to carry out an evaluation of two weeks with the daily routine.
A COMPARISON OF ENDURANCE TESTS FROM 1982 TO 2007 FOR A COHORT OF NORWEGIAN ADOLESCENTS
DYRSTAD, S., KVINEN, C., BERG, T.
UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER
Purpose: To compare results from a running test between 1982 and 2007 for high school students.Methods: Between 1982 and 2007 a
total number of 1133 running tests were collected from one senior high school in Stavanger, Norway. The participants were 568 girls and
565 boys between 16 and 18 years, with the mean age of 17,0 years. The gravelled running trail was flat and 3050 m long. All tests were
performed at the same time of year and collected by the same teacher. The test results were divided in three groups; tests from 1982-
1989, 1990-1999 and 2000-2007. A one- way ANOVA test was used to reveal any difference between the groups. Results: The average
running time for the girls was 16,32 (0,17 SE, n= 210); 16,39 (0,14 SE, n= 261); 17,21 (0,25 SE, n= 97) min in the 1980’s, 1990’s and 2000’s
respectively. The increase in running time from the 80’s to the 00’s was 5,5% (p