Study on the Importance of Physical Education in Fighting Stress and a Sedentary Lifestyle among Students at the University of Bucharest

It is widely accepted that stress and lack of exercise - these scourges of the modern era - increasingly affect more people, regardless of age, education, occupation, so these aspects of life have lately become a concern and research topic of great interest. In the present study we aim at identifying the extent to which young people, students at the University of Bucharest, are affected by these "diseases" and to establish a relationship between participation in physical education classes and the perceived stress and lifestyle of these socio-professional categories. The findings of our research come to strengthen other research conclusions on the same topic, namely that sports practiced in an organized way, led by a specialist in a pleasant environment, with efficient means, adapted to the particularities of the subjects' age, is an extremely useful "weapon" in fighting stress and a sedentary lifestyle. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.