The importance of healthy eating and physical activity in primary school pupils

V diplomskem delu Pomen zdrave prehrane in telesne aktivnosti pri osnovnošolcih so predstavljene smernice zdravega prehranjevanja pri otrocih, pomen zdrave prehrane in redne telesne aktivnosti za zdravje osnovnošolskih otrok ter vloga medicinske sestre pri promociji zdrave prehrane in telesne aktivnosti. V empiričnem delu so predstavljeni rezultati raziskave, ki smo jo izvedli med otroci osmega in devetega razreda osnovne šole. Namen raziskave je bil ugotoviti, kakšen je odnos osnovnošolcev do zdrave prehrane in telesne aktivnosti ter kako zdravo se prehranjujejo otroci osmega in devetega razreda osnovne šole. Zanimalo nas je tudi ali spol in starost otrok vpliva na njihov odnos do zdrave prehrane in telesne aktivnosti. Prišli smo do ugotovitev, da se otroci osmega in devetega razreda osnovne šole prehranjujejo nepravilno in nezdravo ter da so premalo telesno aktivni. Rezultati raziskave kažejo tudi na to, da imajo fantje in dekleta različen odnos do zdrave prehrane in telesne aktivnosti, nismo pa ugotovili bistvenih razlik v starosti otrok pri odnosu do zdrave prehrane. Pri odnosu otrok do telesne aktivnosti pa smo ugotovili, da so devetošolci bolj telesno aktivni od osmošolcev.A diploma work Importance of healthy eating and physical activity in primary school pupils describes guidelines for healthy nutrition among children, the importance of healthy nutrition and regular physical exercise. It also describes the role of a nurse when promoting healthy nutrition and physical exercise. The empirical part contains the results of a survey which was carried out at primary school among eighth and nineth grade students. The aim of the survey was to find out the students attitude towards healthy nutrition and physical exercise and to find out how healthy their diet is. We also wanted to know how gender and age impact their attitude towards healthy eating and physical exercise. The results of a survey showed that children do not have a healthy diet and they do not take enough physical exercise. The results also showed that boys attitude towards healthy eating and physical exercise is different than the girls. It can be seen that age does not have an important impact on children attitude. However, nineth grade students take more physical exercise than eighth grade students