Publication at Faculty of Physical Education and Sport |
2010
Abstract
This article presents some results of an comparative international research „Sport and physical self in Central and Eastern Europe“, which was aimed at finding the relationship between physical self and the level of active lifestyle. The total sample included 1200 subjects (400 each from Cologne, Moscow and Prague).
Results show a close relationship between the body image and physical activity as an expression of an active life style and health. The more active approach to life brings a higher satisfaction with the self, better well-being and leads to healthy development.
The international comparative results seem to prove that the most conscious behaviour and the greatest care of one’s own body have German people, the lowest the Russians.