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Physical Activity and BMI before and after the Situation Caused by COVID-19 in Upper Primary School Pupils in the Czech Republic
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 an insufficient amount of exercise caused mainly by technological progress and often inappropriate conditions...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8910632/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35270760 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19053068 |
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author | Pyšná, Jana Pyšný, Ladislav Cihlář, David Petrů, Dominika Müllerová, Lenka Hajerová Čtvrtečka, Luděk Čechová, Anna Suchý, Jiří |
author_facet | Pyšná, Jana Pyšný, Ladislav Cihlář, David Petrů, Dominika Müllerová, Lenka Hajerová Čtvrtečka, Luděk Čechová, Anna Suchý, Jiří |
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description | 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 an insufficient amount of exercise caused mainly by technological progress and often inappropriate conditions for practising 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 antipandemic measures leading to the closure of sports grounds and sporting competitions. 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. By comparing both groups after the end of pandemic restrictions, we found statistically significant differences at examined indicators of the children’s Body Mass Index (BMI), their physical activity, and free time spending habits. We noticed the significant differences in BMI indicators in two different categories, normal weight (7.5%) and stage 1 obesity (1.66%). Simultaneously, we noticed differences in the children’s physical activities, especially with children who attend sports playgroups connected to athletic development (8.74%). More differences were noticed in free time spending habits indicators; the most significant ones were with the children who spend their free time behind the personal computer for more than 14 h a week (5.4%) and with the children who spend their free time on social media for 8–14 h a week (18.56%). |
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spelling | pubmed-89106322022-03-11 Physical Activity and BMI before and after the Situation Caused by COVID-19 in Upper Primary School Pupils in the Czech Republic Pyšná, Jana Pyšný, Ladislav Cihlář, David Petrů, Dominika Müllerová, Lenka Hajerová Čtvrtečka, Luděk Čechová, Anna Suchý, Jiří Int J Environ Res Public Health Article 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 an insufficient amount of exercise caused mainly by technological progress and often inappropriate conditions for practising 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 antipandemic measures leading to the closure of sports grounds and sporting competitions. 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. By comparing both groups after the end of pandemic restrictions, we found statistically significant differences at examined indicators of the children’s Body Mass Index (BMI), their physical activity, and free time spending habits. We noticed the significant differences in BMI indicators in two different categories, normal weight (7.5%) and stage 1 obesity (1.66%). Simultaneously, we noticed differences in the children’s physical activities, especially with children who attend sports playgroups connected to athletic development (8.74%). More differences were noticed in free time spending habits indicators; the most significant ones were with the children who spend their free time behind the personal computer for more than 14 h a week (5.4%) and with the children who spend their free time on social media for 8–14 h a week (18.56%). MDPI 2022-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8910632/ /pubmed/35270760 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19053068 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Pyšná, Jana Pyšný, Ladislav Cihlář, David Petrů, Dominika Müllerová, Lenka Hajerová Čtvrtečka, Luděk Čechová, Anna Suchý, Jiří Physical Activity and BMI before and after the Situation Caused by COVID-19 in Upper Primary School Pupils in the Czech Republic |
title | Physical Activity and BMI before and after the Situation Caused by COVID-19 in Upper Primary School Pupils in the Czech Republic |
title_full | Physical Activity and BMI before and after the Situation Caused by COVID-19 in Upper Primary School Pupils in the Czech Republic |
title_fullStr | Physical Activity and BMI before and after the Situation Caused by COVID-19 in Upper Primary School Pupils in the Czech Republic |
title_full_unstemmed | Physical Activity and BMI before and after the Situation Caused by COVID-19 in Upper Primary School Pupils in the Czech Republic |
title_short | Physical Activity and BMI before and after the Situation Caused by COVID-19 in Upper Primary School Pupils in the Czech Republic |
title_sort | physical activity and bmi before and after the situation caused by covid-19 in upper primary school pupils in the czech republic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8910632/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35270760 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19053068 |
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