Overweight in Relation to Motor Activity and Stress Level of University Students

A current problem of the population nowadays appears to be the lack of motor activity, the in-crease in BMI and the growth in stressogenic factors in the way of life of the population. This in turn affects the quality of human life and health. On a sample of university undergraduates (794 men and 1,169 women) we were observing the relation between overweight, namely the level of BMI gained via somatometric measurement, and the amount of subjectively evaluated level of mo-tor activity, in their relation to the subjectively perceived extent of stress in their lifestyle, using the method of questionnaire. The results in both genders confirmed the existing relationship be-tween BMI values and the degree of physical activity as well as the correlation between motor ac-tivity and subjectively perceived stress. As a result, the relationship between the variables motor activity and stress level did not prove significant