Ikimokyklinio amžiaus vaikų mityba, sveikatos ugdymas ir laisvalaikis /

The theoretical analysis of nutrition, health education, physical activity and leisure activities of children of pre-school age was performed in the paper. The quantitative research method chosen is a questionnaire survey aimed at evaluating and analyzing the nutrition, health education, physical activity and leisure time of pre-school children. A statistical analysis (descriptive analysis of the frequencies, averages, standard deviation, Mann-Whitney and Chi-square criteria) was performed. The study involved 3549 children of pre-school education institutions in Šiauliai, of which 50.3%. (N = 1785) were boys, 49.2% (N = 1745) - girls, the rest of the gender is not marked. The research part analyzes the interrelationships and peculiarities of children's health and nutrition, nutrition, health education and physical activity and leisure. Key findings of the study: 1. Having assessed of the health and nutritional characteristics of pre-school children, the link between diet, child health and allergies was noticed. Statistically reliable results (p <0,05) of the non-attendance of the nursery were revealed due to problems with digestion and fruits, vegetable consumption daily, the use of carbonated drinks at times and well-evaluated nutrition in pre-school education institutions. It was found that less children eat vegetables and the fastest food they eat, parents are less likely to appreciate their health. It was revealed that children with allergies comparing to those who are without are more likely to eat unhealthy food products and visit fast food restaurants. 2. Having analyzed the links between health education and nutrition among pre-school children, it can be argued that the majority of parents who are often healthy, compared with those who are less likely to be healthy, say that pre-school education institutions are constantly implementing measures for the development of children's health, and they would also like to participate in children's health education events (p <0,05). Children's health is important for parents and they try to take care of healthy diet, clearly emphasizing that there is a lack of knowledge about healthy diet, prevention of diseases and harmful addictions (p <0,05). The more often the childcare facilities and the cooperation with parents were conducted in pre-school educational institutions, the better parents assessed the child's nutrition in these institutions (p <0,05). 3. It was found that children whose parents spend leisure activities during active sports (p <0,05) are more active. It was noticed that according to optional leisure forms children spend 1-2 hours for active rest during working days. (p <0.05). Compared to working days children spend much more time on active leisure during the rest-days. Boys are more likely to choose physically active activities (running, riding, cycling) than girls. The majority of children who do not watch TV and do not play computer more often want to go to outsideh (p <0.05).

Grantor dc:publisher

Institutional Repository of Vilnius University

Year dc:date

2018

Author dc:creator

• Jadlauskienė, Renata,

Contributors dc:contributor

• Miliūnienė, Lina

• nutrition ; health education ; physically active

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Language dc:language

lit

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.vu.lt/VU:ELABAETD28641369&prefLang=en_US

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vu.lt:elaba:28641369