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Physical Activity Research
school physical activity. Despite excellent research and good public
health surveillance systems, current monitoring of overall physic-
al activity and all behaviours and forms included in term physical
activity, are inadequate. Differences have arisen for several reasons
(Kohl & Cook, 2013). Physical activity has only recently been ac-
knowledged as a vital public health issue. It is a behavior difficult
to measure and it is not easy to understand types and quantities
of physical activity relevant to health and health outcomes (Kohl
& Cook, 2013). Recommendations for types and amounts of phys-
ical activity for children have changed for many times in the last
two decades and the schools – as the most suitable institution for
the maintenance of the recommended amount of physical activity,
vary considerably in size, resources, urbanization, traditions, and
policies.
Very detailed and reliable overview of physical activity for chil-
dren and youth, based mostly on nationally measured data is ‘Re-
port Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth,’ which falls
under cover of Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (Tremblay et
al., 2014; Tremblay, Barnes, & Cowie, 2014; Tremblay, Brownrigg, &
Deans, 2008) and Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HB-
SC), which is a cross-national study gaining insight into young
people’s well-being, health behaviours and their social context (see
http://www.hbsc.org).
Slovenia
Findings show that in 2003 in Slovenia, 18% of boys and 19% of girls
were overweight, and 6% of boys and 8% of girls were classified as
obese (Bucˇar Pajek, Strel, Kovacˇ, & Pajek, 2004). This proportion is
still on the rise. Starc, Strel, and Kovacˇ (2010) found that changes in
motor dimensions are gigantic, diverse and surprising. In this study,
they were comparing generations from school year 2007/2008 with
previous generations. They found negative changes in motor abil-
ities are on the average (for all eight movement skills measured in
for SLOFIT data), or boys 0, 43% and for girls 0, 22% lower mo-
tor abilities than the previous generation. With body weight meas-
urements, there is also a noticeable downward trend in primary
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school physical activity. Despite excellent research and good public
health surveillance systems, current monitoring of overall physic-
al activity and all behaviours and forms included in term physical
activity, are inadequate. Differences have arisen for several reasons
(Kohl & Cook, 2013). Physical activity has only recently been ac-
knowledged as a vital public health issue. It is a behavior difficult
to measure and it is not easy to understand types and quantities
of physical activity relevant to health and health outcomes (Kohl
& Cook, 2013). Recommendations for types and amounts of phys-
ical activity for children have changed for many times in the last
two decades and the schools – as the most suitable institution for
the maintenance of the recommended amount of physical activity,
vary considerably in size, resources, urbanization, traditions, and
policies.
Very detailed and reliable overview of physical activity for chil-
dren and youth, based mostly on nationally measured data is ‘Re-
port Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth,’ which falls
under cover of Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (Tremblay et
al., 2014; Tremblay, Barnes, & Cowie, 2014; Tremblay, Brownrigg, &
Deans, 2008) and Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HB-
SC), which is a cross-national study gaining insight into young
people’s well-being, health behaviours and their social context (see
http://www.hbsc.org).
Slovenia
Findings show that in 2003 in Slovenia, 18% of boys and 19% of girls
were overweight, and 6% of boys and 8% of girls were classified as
obese (Bucˇar Pajek, Strel, Kovacˇ, & Pajek, 2004). This proportion is
still on the rise. Starc, Strel, and Kovacˇ (2010) found that changes in
motor dimensions are gigantic, diverse and surprising. In this study,
they were comparing generations from school year 2007/2008 with
previous generations. They found negative changes in motor abil-
ities are on the average (for all eight movement skills measured in
for SLOFIT data), or boys 0, 43% and for girls 0, 22% lower mo-
tor abilities than the previous generation. With body weight meas-
urements, there is also a noticeable downward trend in primary
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