The evaluation of interrelation between Lithuanian sports university social pedagogy students’ physical fitness and BMI

The object: Lithuanian Sports University Social Pedagogy students’ BMI and physical fitness. The aim: to investigate Lithuanian Sports University Social Pedagogy students’ physical fitness, BMI and interconnections between them. The Objectives: 1. To calculate and evaluate BMI (Body Mass Index) of Lithuanian Sports University Social pedagogues. 2. To investigate the level of their physical fitness. 3. To establish and evaluate connections between Social Pedagogy students’ physical fitness and their BMI. Hypothesis: the physical activity of social pedagogues is inadequate, BMI is not normal (18.5 or less, or more than 25.0). The Results: 1. The majority of Lithuanian Sports University Social pedagogues (80%) had an optimal BMI, 3% of them had low BMI and the rest had overweight. 2. The level of physical fitness of the aforementioned students was not very high. More than a half (60%) did not exercise. Those who did took physical activity 1-2 days a week (16.7 %) or 3-4 days a week (21.7 %). The average level of physical fitness was not peculiar for 33.3% of respondents. Moreover, almost three quarters of them (30%) had an average physical activity 1-2 days a week, and 26.7% exercised 3-4 days a week. However, the majority of students (80%) said they go somewhere by foot 5-7 days per week. 3. The physical fitness interrelates with BMI. It turned out that those students who had an average or a high level of physical activity distinguished them with an optimal BMI. On the contrary, the respondents who had overweight did not take up neither a high nor an average level of physical fitness comparing to those respondents who had a normal BMI. What is more, these people more often were likely to use a motor vehicle instead of going a short distance by foot. 4. Hypothesis was not proved. The BMI of the majority of social pedagogues was optimal as they had a high or an average level of physical fitness. Besides, most of them (80%) said they go somewhere by foot almost every day