The aim of this study was to investigate communication skills level of university students (Faculty of Sports Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Tourism Faculty) who were enrolled in 2014-2015 academic year at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University according to physical activity participation, gender and which faculty they were enrolled Physical activity type and where to participate in a physical activity. 590 students were voluntarily participated in the study. In this study, Physical activity Behaviour Change questionnaire consisting of 4 questions developed by Marcus and Lewis (2003), criterion validity of which was made by Cengiz et al. (2010) was applied to students in order to determine their participation in physical activities. 5 point likert type Evaluation Scale for Communication Skills (ESCS) developed by Korkut (1996) was used to determine communication skill levels of students. According to the findings obtained from these questionnaires, independent samples t-test, ANOVA test as well as Gabriel test in order to determine from which sources the difference was originated were applied depending on the aforementioned variables. In light of the obtained results, a significant difference was found for communication skills, their physical activity stage and where to participate in physical activities (p< 0.05). No significant difference was found in communication skill levels according to gender (p > 0.05). No significant difference was determined in communication skills according to physical activity type.
In this study was to investigate the effect of the nutrition and physical exercise habits change on overweight in Balikesir Science High School students. Eighty-five volunteered students (46 girls and 39 boys), were participated in this study. The participants' nutrition habits and physical characteristics were analyzed in 15 years old (grade 9) then compared to 18 years old (grade 12) values. The study results showed that increased in body weight, height and body mass index (BMI) in grade 12 compared to grade 9., whereas waist/hip ratio was not significantly increased. The participation in physical activity and physical activity duration was declined in grade 12 (p=0.000, p=0.004 respectively). When evaluated the questions scores, the nutrition habit risk score was increased except question 2 and 5. In addition, boys more participated in physical activity than girls (p=0.001) while in grade 12, this physical activity participation level more than decreased in girls compared to boys (p=0.04). In conclusion, this study results indicated that in grade 12 or 18 years old, bad nutrition habits increased and physical exercise participation level decreased with school and exam factors.
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