Jamal Fazel Kalkhoran - Health indicators (physical and mental) Case study: University of Tehran students
Hojatallah Amini - Health indicators (physical and mental) Case study: University of Tehran students
Amir Abbasgholipour - Health indicators (physical and mental) Case study: University of Tehran students

Physical activity in adulthood decreases as the age increases. This fact has a relationship withmental factors as well. The aim of the present study was to investigate anger, self-esteem,sedentariness and body fat mass percent among university students. The statistical populationconsisted of all students of University of Tehran and 320 students were selected through the simplerandomized sampling method. Independent t test and Pearson correlation coefficient were used toanalyze the data. Findings of this study showed that 62% and 38% of students were sedentary andactive respectively. Furthermore, total percent fat of subjects was 26%. Also, 79% of students hadhigh self-esteem while 21% had low self-esteem. Also, a high negative correlation was reportedbetween anger and self-esteem level. The mean physical activity showed a significant difference inphysical activity between men and women. Also, there was no significant difference in fat massbetween sedentary and active subjects. The present study showed no significant relationshipbetween physical activity and high and low self-esteem although there was a high positiverelationship between obesity and anger in subjects.

Sedentariness, Self-Esteem, Fat Mass, Anger, Students