1. H EALTHY FOOD AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY - IS IT A DELIGHT OR A PUNISHMENT FOR SCHOOL - AGED CHILDREN ? First Author: Mădălina Monica Hintea Coauthor: Emőke Kiss Coordinator: Assis. Prof. Dr. Alina Grama

2. I NTRODUCTION

3.  Influences for children’s food choices: Family Mass-Media Environment(school, teacher, peers)  In Romania, children and parents should be involved in many more events regarding nutrition, physical activity –> healthy lifestyle.

4. O BJECTIVE  The aim of this study is to evaluate the lifestyle and food preferences of school-aged children. M ATERIAL AND M ETHOD  Cross-sectional study  A sample of 196 pupils aged between 7-15 years  Sighioara city  Anthropometric dates(height and weight)

5.  Questionnaire- breakfast, frequency intake of food items, physical activity, time spent/eating in front of TV or PC, oral hygiene, personal opinion about their nutritional status  BMI percentile- using The Children's BMI Tool for Schools offered by CDC  Statistic analysis- EpiInfo7, using Chi-Square Test M ATERIAL AND METHOD

6. R ESULTS Nutritional Status

7. B REAKFAST BEFORE SCHOOL FoodPercentage Cereals with milk70,91% Sandwich with meat products and margarine 48,97% Boiled eggs18,87% Fruits2,55%

8. D AILY CONSUMPTION OF C ERTAIN FOODS

10. O RAL HYGIENE

11. E ATING IN FRONT OF TV OR PC Time spent in front of TV or PC per dayPercentage 2 hours57,14% More than 2 hours35,71% Always is open when I’m home7,15%

12. P HYSICAL ACTIVITY

13. R ESULTS BASED ON BMI - FLUIDS P = 0,03

14. R ESULTS BASED ON BMI- PERSONAL OPINION ABOUT WEIGHT P=0,001

15. R ESULTS BASED ON GENDER - PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

16. R ESULTS BASED ON AGE (1 GRADE -4 TH GRADE AND 5 TH GRADE -8 TH GRADE ) 1 st - 4 th grade 5 th - 8 th grade Value P FruitsDaily77,97%65,69%0,21 Every other day18,64%27,01% Once a week3,39%7,30% MilkDaily61,02%39,42%0,006 Every other day32,20%34,31% Once a week6,78%22,63% Never0,00%3,65% Poultry and fishDaily30,51%13,87%0,01 Every other day27,12%44,53% Once a week38,98%40,15% Never3,39%1,46%

17. C ONCLUSIONS  Breakfast is not a daily habit for majority of school-aged children.  It is an important daily consumption of meat products and sweets.  Overweight or obese pupils prefer carbonated soft drinks.  Boys are more physically active than girls.  Daily consumption of fruits, milk, poultry and fish decreases as children get older.

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