Sports and Health without Religion and Nationality Barriers

Abstract Problems Statement . A sedentary type of work, frequent physical inactivity,as well as people's limited leisure time determine a precarious physical activity. Another reason for which physical exercise is not practiced by different categories of people in our country is the resistance occurred when attempting to remove the religious barriers imposed by different family mentalities or by traditions pertaining to certain nationalities in Romania. Purpose . We aim to prove that, given the current social-economic conditions, this movement is accepted within all family areas, within all age categories, regardless of nationality and religion. Method. The subjects of our research are 600 peoplecoming from 250 families of different nationalities, with ages between 16-90 years old, of different religions, being employees, unemployed, students, pupils, pensioners. All subjects have answered a questionnaire composed of 12 questions. Findings and Results . 72% of the respondents want to practice physical exercises in an organized and systematic manner .Conclusions and Recommendations . The existing barriers in front of their desire to practice a type of physical exercise, as well as the ones regarding religion and nationality, have been considered as being first rank barriers, along with those related to gender and physical aspect. Women's obstacles in practicing physical exercises are represented by raising children, house-keeping and certain religions, as well as being overweight. We recommend the implementation of special educational programs to overcome these drawbacks.