RESEARCH OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS A PART OF HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIOR OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA 2017/18

Slavica Đorđević, Snežana Knežević, Verica Jovanović

DOI Number
https://doi.org/10.22190/FUPES220716015D
First page
161
Last page
173

Abstract


Physical activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure. Reduced physical activity and unhealthy eating habits represent a significant risk to children's health and the formation of a negative attitude toward themselves. Our research aimed to examine how physically active children aged eleven, thirteen, and fifteen are in the Republic of Serbia. The paper used data from the Health Behavior Survey of school-age children in the Republic of Serbia in 2017. The standardized international protocol of the World Health Organization was used to collect data. 3933 schoolchildren aged eleven, thirteen, and fifteen were surveyed. Daily physical activity is statistically significantly different by region at the ages of eleven and fifteen, with a tendency to decrease with age (χ2=39.84; dF=21; p=0.008), and at the age of fifteen (χ2=42.77; dF =21; p=0.003). The most pronounced difference by region is in Belgrade, where the number of physically active children is significantly lower. At the age of fifteen, every fifth child has daily physical activity, while in other regions a third of them do. Children aged eleven are physically active all 7 days a week in Šumadija and Western Serbia (41.2%), in Vojvodina 40.5%, in Southern and Eastern Serbia 39.6%, and the least in Belgrade 37.9%. Based on the analyzed data, it can be concluded that children aged eleven, thirteen, and fifteen in the Republic of Serbia are insufficiently physically active. The results show that it is necessary to intensify health-educational programs and improve cooperation between families, schools, and health institutions in the field of preventive activities.

Keywords

children, physical activity, prevention, adolescence

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