PMID- 34357050
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20210809
IS  - 2075-1729 (Print)
IS  - 2075-1729 (Electronic)
IS  - 2075-1729 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 7
DP  - 2021 Jul 11
TI  - Healthy and Balanced Nutrition for Children through Physical Education Classes.
LID - 10.3390/life11070678 [doi]
LID - 678
AB  - Introduction. In recent years, the rate of childhood obesity has been on the 
      rise, currently standing at levels close to 20%. This means that one in five 
      children is more likely to suffer from cardiovascular or metabolic diseases. 
      Physical Education classes are therefore an ideal way to raise awareness among 
      children and their families about healthy and balanced eating habits. Method. A 
      total of 113 primary school students, aged 9-12 years, participated in the study. 
      In order to analyze the data, a structural equation model (SEM) was used to 
      analyze the influence between the variables. Results. The SEM results revealed 
      that a controlling social context showed a negative prediction of psychological 
      need satisfaction and a positive prediction of frustration. However, an autonomy 
      supportive social context showed a negative prediction of psychological need 
      satisfaction and a positive prediction of psychological need satisfaction. 
      Frustration of psychological needs was negatively related to motivation, whereas 
      satisfaction was positively related to motivation. In turn, motivation was 
      positively related to each of the factors of the theory of planned behaviour. 
      Finally, intention to follow a healthy diet was positively related to the 
      Mediterranean diet. Discussion. These results revealed the importance of social 
      context and physical education classes in the adoption of a balanced diet.
FAU - Trigueros, Ruben
AU  - Trigueros R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6703-0680
AD  - Hum-878 Research Team, Health Research Centre, Department of Psychology, 
      University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain.
FAU - Gonzalez-Bernal, Sergio
AU  - Gonzalez-Bernal S
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.
FAU - Gonzalez-Bernal, Jeronimo J
AU  - Gonzalez-Bernal JJ
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7298-9060
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.
FAU - Fuente-Anuncibay, Raquel de la
AU  - Fuente-Anuncibay R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4535-8570
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.
FAU - Aguilar-Parra, Jose M
AU  - Aguilar-Parra JM
AD  - Hum-878 Research Team, Health Research Centre, Department of Psychology, 
      University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210711
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Life (Basel)
JT  - Life (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101580444
PMC - PMC8306207
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Mediterranean diet
OT  - physical education
OT  - school
OT  - self-determination
OT  - theory of planed behaviour
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2021/08/07 06:00
MHDA- 2021/08/07 06:01
PMCR- 2021/07/11
CRDT- 2021/08/06 12:22
PHST- 2021/06/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/07/08 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/07/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/08/06 12:22 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/08/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/08/07 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/07/11 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - life11070678 [pii]
AID - life-11-00678 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/life11070678 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Life (Basel). 2021 Jul 11;11(7):678. doi: 10.3390/life11070678.