علاقة السلوك الصحي بمؤشر كتلة الجسم وتأثيرهما على التحصيل الأكاديمي لدى طلبة كلية التربية الرياضية في جامعة اليرموك

Emad  Jaradat

doi:10.35516/edu.v49i2.1042

Authors

Emad Jaradat Ministry of Education, Jordan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/edu.v49i2.1042

Keywords:

healthy behavior, Body Mass Index, academic achievement

Abstract

Objectives: The study aims to identify the relationship of healthy behavior with body mass index and their impact on the academic achievement of students of School of Physical Education at Yarmouk University. The study sample consisted of (302) male and female students from the Faculty of Physical Education at Yarmouk University.

Methods: To achieve the goal of the study, the researcher used a descriptive approach. To collect the study data, a questionnaire was used to measure health behavior. The BMI was also calculated by dividing the body mass by the square of the height. This is in addition to obtaining the students' academic achievement through the University's Admission and Registration Department.

Result: The results showed a decrease in the level of healthy behavior among the study sample with no statistically significant differences in this behavior due to the two variables (gender and school year), and that the study sample had an ideal body mass index according to the BMI equation. The results showed a weak negative relationship with statistical significance between healthy behavior and body mass index in the study sample. The results also showed that healthy behavior and body mass index explain (4.4%) of the changes in academic achievement.

Conclusions: The study recommends promoting healthy behavior for University students in general.

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