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Table 2: Mean values of some aspects of students’ physical (in)activity.

N M SD
Number of hours of sitting per day (including passive transport) 154 8,4 4,3
Number of hours of sleep per day 154 7,4 1,0
Number of minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per week 154 206 197,9

Legend: M=mean; SD=standard deviation

Table 2 shows that students sit for an average of almost 8.5 hours a day
and sleep for just over 7 hours. On average, they engage in moderate to vigor-
ous physical activity for a good 3 hours per week (206 minutes/week).
A further analysis (frequency distribution of answers to the questions)
revealed that 33.1% of students are not physically active enough to stay healthy
(less than 180 minutes/week), 15.6% sleep less than 6 hours/day and 24% have
poor or very poor knowledge of how to deal with stress.
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What are the eating habits of students during their studies, how often do
zdravje delovno aktivnih in starejših odraslih | health of working-age and older adults
they take medication, and how do they control their body weight? (3)
To answer this question, we used questions about the number of meals
per day, skipping meals, preparing meals, taking painkillers and weight con-
trol during their studies.
We found that 44.8% of all students eat up to 3 meals a day, and 14.9% eat 5
or more meals a day. 16.2% of students never skip a meal and 48.7% skip break-
fast if they skip a meal. From Monday to Friday, 45% of students eat between 4
and 8 cooked meals. 31.8% of students never take painkillers, 23.4% take one per
month. 18.2% of students take painkillers at least once a week.

Table 3: Mean values of weight change and weight maintenance during
the study period.

N Minimum Maximum M SD
Body mass 1st year (kg) 154 41 100 66,5 12,527
Body mass 2 nd year (kg) 154 42 110 67,4 13,248
Body mass 3 rd year (kg) 154 39 120 68,5 12,715

Legend: M=mean; SD=standard deviation

Table 3 shows that body mass increases by an average of 1 km per year
during the study period, which corresponds to an average increase of 2 km over
the duration of the study.
How is the knowledge about certain aspects of a healthy lifestyle related to
its implementation in practice? (4)
To answer this question, we used two questions about student`s opinion
on selected aspects of a healthy lifestyle, one on ‚knowledge‘ and one on ‚imple-
mentation‘. The two questions were asked on a 5-point scale (1 - strongly disa-