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ps towards a greater physical activity of children otrok in mladostnik – okolje | child and adolescent - environment
Maja Živec
Elementary School Franca Lešnika - Vuka, Slivnica pri Mariboru, Čopova 9a,
2310 Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia
Recent researches show that the number of obesety in youth is increasing. The
reasons for this are poor eating habits and an insufficient physical activity of
children. The way of spending free time has changed greatly. Children spend
less time outside and on rare occasions a few children come to school on foot.
Parents usually take their children to school by car then leave them all the way
up to the front of the school entrance. The arrival to school on foot has be-
come the first step towards a greater physical activity, which positively affects
pupil's health. At this point, the school is the one that can gradually change the
travel habits of young people with a positive incentive. In this school year, with
the help of my colleagues and the support of the management, I set up pro-
ject called: »A Thursday on foot«. On this day of the week teachers accom-
pany children on their way to school, which is done in all weather conditions.
Children enjoy the company of their classmates and friends and thus become
acquainted with their peers. Our teachers have also noticed that walking pos-
itively influences the learning success, concentration during lessons, pupil's de-
velopment and autonomy. The number of children involved today is much high-
er compared to the initial walking to school, which shows their satisfaction and
acceptance. Because we want to maintain these habits and practice into adult-
hood, we will continue to strive for this incentive.
Keywords: obesity, physical activities, hiking, school, children
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Maja Živec
Elementary School Franca Lešnika - Vuka, Slivnica pri Mariboru, Čopova 9a,
2310 Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia
Recent researches show that the number of obesety in youth is increasing. The
reasons for this are poor eating habits and an insufficient physical activity of
children. The way of spending free time has changed greatly. Children spend
less time outside and on rare occasions a few children come to school on foot.
Parents usually take their children to school by car then leave them all the way
up to the front of the school entrance. The arrival to school on foot has be-
come the first step towards a greater physical activity, which positively affects
pupil's health. At this point, the school is the one that can gradually change the
travel habits of young people with a positive incentive. In this school year, with
the help of my colleagues and the support of the management, I set up pro-
ject called: »A Thursday on foot«. On this day of the week teachers accom-
pany children on their way to school, which is done in all weather conditions.
Children enjoy the company of their classmates and friends and thus become
acquainted with their peers. Our teachers have also noticed that walking pos-
itively influences the learning success, concentration during lessons, pupil's de-
velopment and autonomy. The number of children involved today is much high-
er compared to the initial walking to school, which shows their satisfaction and
acceptance. Because we want to maintain these habits and practice into adult-
hood, we will continue to strive for this incentive.
Keywords: obesity, physical activities, hiking, school, children
227
