Primary School Pupil’s Physical Activity, Physical Capability, Nutrition Habits, Evaluation of Achievements and Progress, and their Relation to Parent’s Physical Activities

Abstract

The aim of research was to identify the physical activity, physical capability and nutrition habits of pupils at primary school and its relations to the physical activity of their parents. The study took place in the period from January to May, 2014. The study included 1-4th grade students (n = 135), 64 girls and 71 boys and their parents (n = 108) from one Kaunas secondary school. The study took place in three stages. In the first phase (January 2014) there were collected all subjects’ anthropometrical data and physical fitness testing had been carried out. During the second stage (February- March 2014) parents were asked to fill in questionaires about their and their children’s physical activity, subjective physical fitness, and children’s nutrition habits. The third stage (May 2014) included pupils’ annual academic achievement level registration. According to results of investigation there are 33.6 percent of physically active pupils. Conversely, there are 66.4 percent of physically passive pupils. Boys are physically more active (42.2 percent) than girls (25.5 percent) if the times per week of physical activity is taken into consideration (p 0.05). The physical activity and physical capability had strong positive correlative links (r = 0,877, p < 0.01). Keywords: physical activity, physical capability, nutrition habits, evaluation of achievements and progress. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/sm.2016.6