Challenges of social change: The 2021 Republic of Slovenia report card on physical activity of children and adolescents.

Autor:	Morrison SA; Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore., Jurak G; Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia., Starc G; Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia., Kovač M; Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia., Golobič M; Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia., Pavletič Samardžija P; Republic of Slovenia National Olympic Committee, Slovenia., Gabrijelčič M; Slovenian National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia., Kotnik P; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia., Meh K; Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia., Primožič M; Ivan Grohar Primary School, Škofja Loka, Slovenia., Sember V; Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of exercise science and fitness [J Exerc Sci Fit] 2023 Oct; Vol. 21 (4), pp. 305-312. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 21.
DOI:	10.1016/j.jesf.2023.06.003
Abstrakt:	Background: Slovenian children are facing considerable health challenges from the rapid social changes that influence their opportunity to engage in daily physical activity. Objective: To overlay the social changes to the established Report Card model as a means of contextualising the extreme changes in physical activity and fitness observed over several years. Methods: Benchmarks were graded for 10 core indicators, plus two (Sleep, Seasonal Variations). Active Healthy Kids Slovenia members met (predominantly via zoom) liaising with team leader(s) on a flexible, individual basis, based on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) regulations, over the ∼2-year assessment period of the project. Data were separated to the years prior to, 'pre' 2018-2020, and 'during' the global pandemic (2020-2021). Where sufficient data existed for both timeframes, grades were averaged to produce an overall grade. Results: Grade results are expressed as pre/during/final grade, where the final grade (bolded) is a straight average of the two preceding time epochs: Overall Physical Activity (A-/A-/ A- ), Organized Sport and Physical Activity (C+/C/ C ), Active Play (D/C+/ C ), Active Transport (C/INC/ C ), Sedentary Behaviour (B/C/ C+ ), Physical Fitness (A+/A-/ A ), Family and Peers (B+/INC/ B+ ), Schools (A/A/ A ), Community and Environment (A+/A+/ A+ ), Government (A/F/ D ), Sleep (D-/INC/ D- ), Seasonal Variations (D/C-/ D+ ). Conclusion: Although Slovenia has some of the most consistently physically-active children in the world, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic exerted significant reductions in physical activity opportunities, and especially when coupled with funding re-distributions, resulted in the steepest decline of child physical fitness observed within the >35-year history of Slovenia's well-established national fitness surveillance system. Competing Interests: None to declare for all authors. (© 2023 The Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness. Published by Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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