1995 Volume 8 Issue 1 Pages 12-21
In order to investigate the relationship between health problems and life habits in school children, a measurement of physique, physical and motor abilities, and a questionnaire survey about life habits and subjective symptoms were conducted with 431 higher-grade children of an elementary school. The results showed that: 1)Children estimated themselves as not healthy, were easily tired, complained about many symptoms and thought themselves thin. 2)Children who answered that they had mental stress or troubles thought themselves obese and tended to overeat. 3)Obese children showed poor motor abilities in spite of their good muscular strengths, and had several problems in eating habits. 4)The girls had strong concern about their figures and it interacted with the other behavioral risk factors, e.g. stress and eating behavior. It is suggested that further research about behavioral risk factors in school children is necessary in order to develop effective health promotion.
