Lifestyle and health-related behaviours of the Czech and Ukraine university students: How do social and culture patterns influence their lifestyles?

Abstract

Lifestyle and health-related behaviours play an important role in the development of healthy lifestyles such as disease prevention during the school-age of university students. Empirical studies focused on healthy lifestyle acknowledge the importance of differences among nation and health related behavior. The question of this study is: How different are lifestyle and health-related behaviours of Czech and Ukraine university students? This cross-national study examined differences in the health behaviours, cultural, social context and lifestyle characteristics among university students. Data from a self-completed anonymous questionnaire from 160 students was analyzed with emphasis on differences by nation. We concluded that the Assessment of social relationships (as a consequence of food and eating) as cultural-social patterns has an important impact on lifestyle and health behaviour among university students.