Monitoring sporting activities and nutrition habits among children attending the Nova Dubnica secondary school (Slovak Republic)
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Theoretical, methodology a nd methodical aspects of physical education. Conference proceedings. |
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| Field | Other medical specializations |
| Keywords | school age; children; physical activities; nutrition habits; body weight; body high; the weight/height ratio |
| Description | The work being submitted was undertaken at the multiyear secondary school in Nova Dubnica in the Slovak Republic. 80 children (40 girls and 40 boys) took part in the research. All the children were 10 years old. Monitoring was done using the questionnaire method. This work contains results concerning the physical activities and diet of the children questioned. Overall, 27.5% of the children were overweight, with 2.5% being obese. The majority of children indicated that sport was very important to them. A tendency was observable in boys for lower values of the weight/height ratio to be paired with a lower importance accorded to sport. This tendency was not apparent in girls. 52.5% of children questioned took part in sport clubs, with 30% taking part in 1 sport club. 4 children indicated they took part in 2 sport clubs and 1 girl even indicated participation in 3. As concerns eating habits, it was determined that girls regularly consumed breakfast, a snack, lunch and an afternoon snack more than did boys. Girls had regular dinners less than did boys. Late meals were regularly consumed by 42.8% of boys but only 4.21% of girls. |