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This study aimed to examine the period during which university students’ preferences or dislikes toward exercise and sports, health classes and physical education can be best influenced. Questionnaires (six items) examining exercise and sports, physical education and health education were administered to 653 university students (391 males and 262 females). The following results were obtained.
1. Some differences were found between males and females with regard to a preference or dislike toward exercise and sports; the rate of males who answered “like a lot” was significantly higher than that of females, and the rate of females who answered “somewhat dislike” was significantly higher than that of males.
2. The rates of preferences or dislikes toward exercise and sports from kindergarten・nursery school were higher in males and females. Further, the rates of preferences or dislikes from junior high school onwards were similar to that from kindergarten・nursery school.
3. Regarding physical education, the pattern of preferences that were developed in childhood had a strong influence until when the person was in university.
4. University students had low levels of interest in health education. Further, most decisions about preferences or dislikes toward health education were made during junior high school.
