Težnјa ka zdravim navikama u osnovnoškolskom obrazovanјu u Republici Srbiji
Striving for healthy habits in primary education in the Republic of Serbia
2020
Authors:
Miličić, DraganTrajković, Jelena
Pavković-Lučić, Sofija
Savić, Tatjana
Drndarski, Marina
Contributors
Jojić, DuškoDocument Type:
Conference object (Published version)
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© 2020 Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka
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The Biology curriculum in primary school addresses various topics, including
healthy diet, a school-based and out of school physical activities. The aim of
the study is to investigate health habits of students from 5th to 8th grade of
primary school. We interviewed 415 students (ages 11 to 14). Doing an
alternative choice and the multiple choice tests, they could opt for a particular
answer about their breakfast diet, drinking of water habits, and their physical
activity behaviors. We used Chi-square test (χ2) to determine if there are
differences in examined habits between boys and girls, and among ages,
respectively. The Coefficient of contingency we used to measure the degree
of association between the ages and student's answer to specific questions.
Related to diet, we observed a significant difference between boys and girls in
what they eat for breakfast, in all grades. We also noted significant difference
between ages: in girls, there was a strong correlation between answers to a
certain diet question and the age, while in boys we have not established such
association. In habits related to water consumption, there was no significant
difference between boys and girls. However, we noticed a significant
difference in water consumption between ages. Difference in doing physical
activities between boys and girls exists only in the 7th grade. Only in girls, we
noticed significant difference between ages, but the correlation between
response and age was weak. Results of this research provide important
information in implementation of strategies for promotion healthy lifestyles
among school-age children.
Keywords:
Primary School; Diet; Water intake; Physical activitiesIn:
- Jojić D, editor. IV symposium of biologists and ecologists of Republic of Srpska with international participation – SBERS2020: Book of Abstracts; 2020 Nov 12-14; Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovinia. Banja Luka: Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka; 2020. p. 192-3.