The impact of summer holidays on the physical development of school-age children

H.M Danylenko,O.H Avdiievska,G.M Cherniakova,T.V Merkulova

doi:10.26641/2307-0404.2021.2.234661

Abstract

The aim of the work was to investigate how gender, age and type of activity in summer affects the indicators of physical development (PD) of children. 1054 students (493 boys and 561 girls) aged 7-16 years took part in the study. The PD of children was studied by assessing somatometric and physiometric indicators. To assess the impact of the type of activity, a thematic questionnaire "Summer" was used. It was found that the gender and age of children had a significant effect on PD indicators in the summer. The most intense increase in body length occurred at the age of 7-12 years, body weight - in 10-14-year-olds, and up to 16 years grouth of two parameters gradually slowed down. From the age of 10, children showed a positive increase in lung capacity (LC). In 15-year-old adolescents, a decrease in both indicators (ChC and LC) was found. It was found that 62% of children carried out educational activities in the summer, 24% of those were engaged in business activities, almost 40% of students were participants in hiking trips and 23% of children attended a children's health camp. The chosen type of activity in the summer influenced the indicators of the pupils' PD as follows: educational activities were accompanied by a decrease in body length and strength of the left arm, business activity, hiking trips and staying in a health camp were accompanied by an increased weight gain and an increase in LC.

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The impact of summer holidays on the physical development of school-age children
The body weight gain of schoolchildren was the highest in seven-year-old children and 10-14 years old children (8.0%-12.0%), the increase was average in the group of 8-9-year-old students (6.5%-7.4%) and the lowest increase was observed in 15-16-yearolds (3.9%-4.4%) (F=9.4 p
Studying the chest circumference index (ChC) indicators we found that the greatest increase was observed in children of 11-12 years (5.5% and 6.6%, respectively) (p

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The impact of summer holidays on the physical development of school-age children. The chosen type of activity in the summer influenced the indicators of the pupils' PD as follows: educational activities were accompanied by a decrease in body length and strength of the left arm, business activity, hiking trips and staying in a health camp were accompanied by an increased weight gain and an increase in LC. Як стать, вік та вид діяльності влітку впливають на показники фізичного розвитку дітей. Обраний вид діяльності влітку впливав на показники ФР учнів таким чином: навчання сприяло меншому приросту довжини тіла та сили лівої руки, бізнесактивність, туристичні походи та перебування в оздоровчому таборі супроводжувалися підвищеним набором маси тіла та зростанням показників ЖЄЛ. Formation of healthy lifestyle skills among young people should be the primary task Such active forms of summer recreation and health improvement as school and suburban camps, summer language camps, hiking trips need to be developed. It is worth paying more attention to the forms and methods of organizing summer vacations for school-age children, to update their content, to improve the technologies of medical and psychological-pedagogical support

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