Comparison of eating habits and health-related physical strength according to physical activity level of male elementary school students

This study was conducted to determine the impact of elementary school students'(male) level of physical activity on their eating habits and health related physical fitness. The subjects of the study were 92 6th grade male students from S Elementary School located in G District, I Metropolitan City. Based on the MET-minute calculation method of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire(IPAQ), the subjects were classified into a high-intensity physical activity group(n=39), a moderate-intensity physical activity group (n=30), and a low-intensity physical activity group(n=23). SPSS/Windows 21.0 ver. was used for data processing, one-way analysis of variance was performed to compare eating habits and health physical strength between groups, and Scheffe was used for post hoc testing. The eating habits factor was divided into the high-intensity physical activity group and the moderate-intensity physical activity group in all of the regular lifestyle (p<.001), balanced diet (p<.001), diet and health (p<.001), and overall score (p<.001). The high-intensity physical activity group was found to be significantly higher than the low-intensity physical activity group. As for health related physical fitness factors, the high-intensity physical activity group and the medium-intensity physical activity group were significantly higher than the low-intensity physical activity group in cardiorespiratory endurance (p<.01), flexibility (p<.05), and agility (p<.05). appear. Therefore, it is judged that support from home, school, and the community is most necessary for elementary school students to form new desirable lifestyle habits and improve their health and physical strength.