Mental Working Capability of Primary School Pupils at Different Management of Physical Activity Regime

Background: Studies from the developing countries suggest that childhood obesity is more prevalent in the urban settings. The search for childhood overweight/obesity (over-nutrition) needs to go beyond the urban into the semi-urban and rural areas. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of over-nutrition and the associated factor among primary school pupils in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. Methods: This was a cross-sectional analytic study of pupils of 15 schools (10 public and 5 private) using the multistage random sampling and the proportionate sampling techniques. Data were collected using interviewer-administered questionnaire, data on physical activity, household possessions, dietary practices and relevant physical findings were obtained. Results: A total of 422 pupils were studied; the age ranged between 18 and 192 months with a mean of 107.2 ± 36.4 months. The prevalence of Overweight/Obesity (Over-nutrition) was 6.4% with male predominance: 8.1% vs 4.4% without statistical significance (p = 0.19). Over-nutrition was significantly more prevalent among pupils aged <5 years and in the pupils of private schools (p = 0.000 and p = 0.007 respectively) and significantly related to the Dietary Diversity Score (p = 0.0001). Over-nutrition was more frequent among children whose parents had university education and were middle level civil servants without statistical significance. (p = 0.66, 0.19 respectively). Group physical activity was low in 96.3% and Food Frequency Score was poor in 87.5% of the overweight/obese pupils. Female gender, long duration of breastfeeding and delay in weaning significantly correlated with childhood over-nutrition. Conclusions: Over-nutrition is not uncommon in the semi-urban Nigerian setting. The early life feeding practices, quality of the child’s diet and physical activities appear to be important contributors to childhood over-nutrition in this setting.

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Physical Activity and BMI before and after the Situation Caused by COVID-19 in Upper Primary School Pupils in Czech Republic

10.20944/preprints202111.0553.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jana Pysna ◽

Jiří Suchý ◽

Ladislav Pyšný ◽

David Cihlář ◽

Dominika Petrů ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Primary School ◽

Healthy Lifestyle ◽

Normal Weight ◽

Regular Physical Activity ◽

Steady Increase ◽

Research Survey ◽

Before And After ◽

Primary School Pupils

Regular physical activity is a very important factor in the healthy development of an individual and an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. However, today's population still suffers from insufficient amount of exercise caused mainly by technical progress and often inappropriate conditions for practicing sports. In relation to this, we are grappling with a steady increase in obesity. During the COVID-19 pandemic, conditions for regular physical activity became even more unfavourable, with the declaration of a state of emergency and anti-pandemic measures leading to the closure of sports grounds and sporting competitions. In our research survey, we attempted to determine whether there would be changes in physical activity and BMI before and after the situation caused by the COVID-19 disease in upper primary school pupils in the Czech Republic. Using a questionnaire survey of a sample of children (n =1456), we found that already before the pandemic, 69% of the observed sample had not met the recommended amount of physical activity and only 67% of the sample was of normal weight. After the end of the anti-pandemic measures, the observed values deteriorated even more. There was a significant decrease in children with normal weight (by 7.5%) and an increase in children with Class 1 obesity. At the same time, we saw a significant decrease in children doing sports.

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Physical activity, body mass index and blood pressure in primary school pupils attending private schools

African Health Sciences ◽

10.4314/ahs.v16i4.10 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 947 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Wilson E. Sadoh ◽

Ayebo E. Sadoh ◽

Alphonsus N. Onyiriuka

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Blood Pressure ◽

Body Mass Index ◽

Primary School ◽

Body Mass ◽

Private Schools ◽

Primary School Pupils

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Pedagogical conditions of physical activity break and pauses in primary school pupils’ education

Research Notes ◽

10.31654/2663-4902-2017-pp-2-86-89 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 86-89

Author(s):

Larysa Dubrovska ◽

Maryna Dolmatova ◽

Maryna Boiko Boiko

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Primary School ◽

Primary School Pupils

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Levels and Relations Between Foot and Body Postures in Primary School Pupils

GYMNASIUM ◽

10.29081/gsjesh.2019.20.1s.01 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol XX (1 (Supplement)) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Michal Marko ◽

Elena Bendíková

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Primary School ◽

Body Height ◽

Sport Education ◽

Body Postures ◽

School Population ◽

Foot Posture ◽

Spine Function ◽

Primary School Pupils ◽

Vega 1

The monitored group consisted of 12 female pupils of the eighth year of primary school in B. Bystrica (age 13.42 ± 0.3 years, body height 162.6 ± 2.3 cm, body weight 49.7 ± 2.1 kg and body mass index 18.8 ± 0.9). In terms of prevention, we focused on finding the levels and relations between the foot and body postures by using standardized methods for physical and sport education (Foot posture - Plantography and method of Index and Chippaux-Šmírak; Body Posture - Method of Klein and Thomas modified by Mayer and Dynamic spine function (Tests of Schober and Stibor). By applying various physical programs in the lessons of physical and sport education, the levels of foot and body postures improve after 4 weeks (Bendíková, Marko, Rozim, & Martinský, 2019). The listed study is the part of research project: VEGA 1/0519/19 “Physical activity as prevention of health of school population in Slovakia”.

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