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The purpose of this study was to assess the physical activity level and nutrition, in terms of the frequency of consumption of individual food groups, of Polish Navy soldiers and Maritime Unit of the Border Guard officers. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on 131 Polish Navy soldiers aged 33.1 \u00b1 6.3 years old and 132 Maritime Unit of the Border Guard officers aged 38.6 \u00b1 5.5 years old. In order to carry out research on physical activity, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire was used. Eating habits were assessed based on a Food Frequency Questionnaire for 61 groups of food products. Results: Over 80% of the soldiers and officers studied indicated high levels of physical activity. Only 8.2% of soldiers and 4.3% of officers indicated a low level of physical activity. Of the 61 food product groups analyzed, significant differences were found in the frequency of consumption of 17 products. These differences concerned almost all groups (except dairy products and eggs). Conclusions: To summarize, soldiers and officers presented high and moderate levels of physical activity. Taking into account the demonstrated frequent consumption of high-energy and high-fat products, such as sausages and red meat, as well as margarine, mayonnaise, and sugar, with the low frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption in both studied groups, it is advisable to conduct training among soldiers and officers in the field of health education.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu16223842","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,11]],"date-time":"2024-11-11T08:46:54Z","timestamp":1731314814000},"page":"3842","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Physical Activity and Eating Habits of Polish Navy Soldiers and Border Guard Officers\u2014A Comparative Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3887-1560","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrzej","family":"Tomczak","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Human Sciences, WSB Merito University in Torun, 87-100 Torun, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3370-1674","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anna","family":"Any\u017cewska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Economics and Human Sciences, 01-043 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4174-6776","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tomasz","family":"Lepionka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Next Generation Sequencing, Biological Threats Identification and Countermeasure Centre, Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 01-163 Pulawy, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Izabela","family":"Bolczyk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Department of the Technology and Supply Office of the Border Guard Headquarters, 00-514 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tomasz","family":"Grudniewski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The 7th Naval Hospital, 80-305 Gda\u0144sk, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Iwona","family":"G\u0142adysz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Health Sciences, John Paul II University, 21-500 Bia\u0142a Podlaska, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3930-7304","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Artur","family":"Kruszewski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Individual Sports, J\u00f3zef Pi\u0142sudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Marymoncka 34 St., 00-968 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7311-7061","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jerzy","family":"Bertrandt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Economic Sciences, John Paul II University, 21-500 Biala Podlaska, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Soko\u0142owski, M. 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