Monitoring sporting activities and nutrition habits among children attending Nova Dubnica secondary school (Slovak republic)
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Theoretical, methodology and methodical aspects of physical education |
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| Field | Other medical specializations |
| Keywords | children; secondary school; sporting 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 Dubnice 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. The results show that 85.7% of boys 10 years of age are of normal weight. Only two boys out of the entire group had an alarmingly high weight, with another two being in the above average weight group. The majority of girls (52.6%) were of normal weight. 10 girls were of reduced weight and 8 girls were overweight. 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 (on a scale of 1-10, most children rated the importance of sport at 8). 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. Nor was participation in clubs dependent upon the weight/height ratio. 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 (whether fruit or sweet) more than did boys. The meal most often eaten by the children was lunch, consumed by 95.2% of boys and all girls every day. Girls had regular dinners less than did boys. Late meals were regularly consumed by 42.8% of boys but only 4.21% of girls. |