摘要：Strong state of science supports the health benefits of regular physical activity in young population.Therefore, it is understandable that the factors that influence physical activity in adolescent population canaid the proposal of more effective interventions that will help young people to become more active. Previousstudies, investigating correlates of youth physical activity, life style, demographic characteristics and body fathave produced conflicting results. All study participants completed a standard questionnaire on selectedcorrelates of parents’ involvement in physical activity and selected demographic characteristics. Percentageof body fat accumulation in freshman students was investigated by the means of Omron BF 511 device.Results were summarized using a comprehensive analysis for young female adults aged 18 to 20,n=1139,from University ofP.J. Šafárik in Košice 2012. Our cross-sectional study was part of VEGA project No.1/1343/12 “Selected risk factors of obesity and its prevention by physical activity”. The variables that wereconsistently associated with higher percentage of body fat in students were lack of parents’ adoption tohealthy lifestyle and participation and guidance of their own kids towards physical activity. On the contrary,we did not find statistical significance between selected demographic characteristics and higher percentage ofbody fat in the adolescent sample. In order to improve the state of health in the young population, werecommend health promotion activity campaign with relevant tailored messages that should target theparent population. These consistently related variables should be confirmed in prospective studies, andintervention to improve the modifiable variables should be developed and evaluated in order to improveoverall healthy behavior of young population.
