Physical Activity and BMI before and after the Situation Caused by COVID-19 in Upper Primary School Pupils in the Czech Republic

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 19; no. 5; p. 3068
• Main Authors: Pyšná, Jana, Pyšný, Ladislav, Cihlář, David, Petrů, Dominika, Müllerová, Lenka Hajerová, Čtvrtečka, Luděk, Čechová, Anna, Suchý, Jiří
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 05.03.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Body mass; Body Mass Index; Body size; Child; Child development; Children; Children & youth; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Czech Republic - epidemiology; Energy; Exercise; Extracurricular activities; Health behavior; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Humans; Indicators; Lifestyles; Metabolism; Obesity; Overweight; Pandemics; Personal computers; Physical activity; Physical education; Physical fitness; Quality of life; SARS-CoV-2; Schools; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Sports; Sports medicine; State of emergency; Statistical analysis; Teenagers; Czech Republic; COVID-19; pupils; body mass index; health; sport; obesity; lifestyle; physical activity

Regular physical activity is a very important factor in the healthy development of an individual and an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. However, today's population still suffers from an insufficient amount of exercise caused mainly by technological progress and often inappropriate condit...