Physical activity of children primary school aged in the context their BMI

Miklánková Ludmila, Rechtik Zdeněk, Klimešová Iva, Górny Miroslaw. Physical activity of children primary school aged in the context their BMI. Health and Sport. 2016;6(13):157-169. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.243644 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4167 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 754 (09.12.2016). 754 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author (s) 2016; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.12.2016. Revised 20.12.2016. Accepted: 31.12.2016. Physical activity of children primary school aged in the context their BMI Ludmila Miklánková, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic Zdeněk Rechtik, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic Iva Klimešová, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic Miroslav Górny, University School of Physical Education, Poland Address for correspondence: doc. PhDr. Ludmila Miklánková, Ph.D. Departement of Primary and Pre-primary School Faculty of Education Palacký University in Olomouc Žižkovo nám. 5 771 40 Olomouc Czech Republic e-mail: ludmila.miklankova@upol.cz phone: +420 585 635 117 Abstract In the process of creating a positive attitude towards physical activities is very important to focus primarily on youngest age groups. Examine their habits and behavior in their lifestyles and to explore possibilities of interventions that promote positive behavioral habits in terms of their health. For the future generations of adults, then we can expect an increase in the benefits of physical fitness of the population, in a more responsible approach to their own health and the preference of a healthy lifestyle. The aim of the research is to determine the relationship between BMI and physical activity levels in children of school age. The research group consisted of 81 children from primary schools in the Czech Republic, the average age of 10.23 ± 0.42 years. Information about physical activity (active energy expenditure, number of steps) were obtained by ActiGraph. The level of BMI were evaluated in accordance with the points of reference of the Czech Republic. We confirmed significant relationship between the level of physical aktivity in the leisture time after school lessons and BMI of children (p <0.04). In boys were found statistically significant differences in physical activity at school (p