Physical activity as a component of students' life quality.

The model of students' life quality and its basic components were described. Among this components are: objective (level of physical fitness and daily physical activity, financial status, opportunities to improve professional skills or obtain a certain academic level, etc.) and subjective (health, satisfaction with own lives, optimism, feeling of happiness, tasks and results, relationships with others, etc.). The positive influence of physical training on physical and mental capacity of students were investigated

Quality of life and physical activity as indicators of health-preserving competence of teachers

The quality of life and physical activity of teachers of physical culture, basic of health, labour, the defense of Motherland and pedagogue-organizers from secondary schools Lviv region (Ukraine) were investigated. The 402 persons (age 24-78 years) were surveyed with the use of questionnaires MOS SF 36 and IPAQ. The highest quality of life and level of physical activity have teachers of physical culture. It is considered the quality of life of teachers of other subjects similar to persons with chronic diseases. The level of physical activity in leisure time was particularly low for teachers of Basic of Health and pedagogue-organizers. The teachers spent no more than 433 MET-min/ week for moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity. The level of physical activity of teachers (besides the physical education teachers) was insufficient to improve health and indicate about low level of health-preserving competence