OBJECTIVES

The principal rationale of this study was to assess the contemporary literature and to provide additional opinions into the consequences of physical exercise and its importance in physical health, and other correlated aspects of health.

METHODS

The repercussions of physical exercise on physical health were analyzed using multiple regression analysis, based on data made available from the study conducted in six different European countries (n= 19,380).

RESULTS

The tolerance value of 0.088 indicates that the university level education and the physical health are highly correlated. The variance inflation factor 11.386, the inverse of tolerance, signifies that the university level education and the physical health are highly correlated, further strengthening the arguments of the tolerance. The R value of 0.472 and the adjusted R-square value of 0.222 indicate that the physical health is correlated with the predictors, but the correlation is not so strong. It can be confirmed from the study that there are indisputable evidences that there is linear relationship between physical health and physical activities. And, the residual scatter plot indicates some linearity in the relationship between the physical health and the predictors, accounted for the study. In the plot of residuals for the physical exercise, there is clear indication of heteroscedasticity, indicating non-linearity in the relation between physical exercise and the predictors.

CONCLUSIONS

The importance of repercussion of physical activity on physical exercise has been increasingly recognized with appropriate assessment methods and statistical tools and techniques. The incorporation of health education program along with the physical exercise has been found to have synergistic impact in the positive physical health, even improving the psychological health by reducing the risk of depression in pregnant women. Furthermore, the physically healthy individuals are more responsive towards regular exercise, showing bidirectional relationship between physical exercise and physical health.