Hungarian Dimensions of Physical Activity Based on Studies at School Ages

• Authors: Bence Cselik , Márta Szmodis , Gábor Szőts , Pongrác Ács
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

It is an old pursuit to find the balance between nature and society (within the individual and the sum of people). In order to talk about a healthy society, it is necessarry to have the people making up the society healthy too. The health condition of the individuals affects the society, creating a close connection amoing individuals and society. Health, mental and physical well-beings of members of society affects the economy, since a healthy workforce leads to developing economy, which hence can provide the requirements and conditions that ensure a mentally and physically healthy way of living for the society. Sport, everyday exercise, therefore regular training can also play an important social role, and can greatly contribute to social well-being. Decreased physical activity, sitting lifestyle are both specific traits of economically developed countres, and turns into a more and more threatening public health problem world-wide, which contribute to the development or aggravation of such chronic diseases and health damages, like morbid obesity, heart diseases, diabetes, hypertension, locomotor diseases, malignant tumors, depression. The topic of our research is related to mainly the subject of primary school healthcare programs. The measurements have been taken in 12 different educational institutions, which included primary, secondary, vocational schools, and a 6-grade school. The actuality of the topic is proven by the increased obesity appearing at more younger ages, and we intend to shed some light on the fact, that with a good healhcare strategy and short-term goals we can achieve positive results shortly on the fields of school healthcare.

Keywords

EN

health education; physical education; activity; childhood

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Practice and Theory in Systems of Education
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 131-140

Dates

published

2015-05-01

received

2014-12-11

accepted

2015-04-21

online

2015-07-29

Contributors

author

Bence Cselik

• University of Pécs, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pécs, Hungary;

author

Márta Szmodis

• Semmelweis University Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Budapest, Hungary

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Gábor Szőts

• Semmelweis University Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Budapest, Hungary

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Pongrác Ács

• University of Pécs, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pécs, Hungary

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ptse-2015-0012