INVESTIGATION OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLE BEHAVIORS AND ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF THE ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL OF A UNIVERSITY

Talha Murathan, Fatih Murathan

Abstract


The present work aimed to study the status of the physical fitness and lifestyle behaviors affecting the life of academic and administrative staff of the Ardahan University through the 2015–2016 academic year. The data were collected using the ‘Tanita MC–780MA Body Analyzer’ that is adopted as a reference standard by the World Health Organization. The healthy lifestyle behavior scale was used for anthropometric measurements. The average score of the university staff, as estimated by the healthy lifestyle behavior scale was identified to be 124.87 in males and 125.08 in females. A negative correlation (below average, r = –.334) was observed upon the comparison of the staff's scores of Body Mass Index (BMI) and healthy lifestyle behaviors. Our findings indicate that the university staff, irrespective of their academic/administrative posts or their age, must adopt a regular exercise/sports routine for a healthy future life. 

 

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anthropometric, healthy lifestyle, personnel, university, sport

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