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avje otrok in mladostnikov | health of children and adolescents 144 When asked in what way the kindergarten cooperates with medical in-
stitutions, all respondents confirmed that they cooperate with medical institu-
tions. These collaborations differ slightly depending on the frequency of train-
ing. In most of them, medical staff visits the kindergarten and conducts various
workshops for children and staff, sometimes also for parents, and in some kin-
dergartens children are also taken to a medical facility. The response of one of
the interviewees was, “We are linked to the local health center. Once a month,
throughout the year, different health workers come and prepare work with the
children through short lectures and workshops. We then continue these topics
on the following days with the educators, depending on the interest of the chil-
dren.” According to this respondent’s answer, another’s answering differs sig-
nificantly in terms of the frequency of visits by medical personnel: “In collab-
oration with the health center, we prepare workshops for children and parents
every year. A nurse also visits us regularly.”
We have noticed that the children very much enjoy attending the lectures
and workshops given by the medical staff. The children are attracted to var-
ious props, cartoons, and stories, and in such a way that they try something
themselves, i.e. they are actively involved in the workshops. However, all inter-
viewees agreed that children have very different hygiene habits that they have
adopted in their families. There are also big differences in eating habits. Some
are very hungry for everything, while others refuse almost everything: “Eat-
ing habits are very different. Some eat everything, while others are very picky.”
When asked about the number of daily meals in the kindergarten, all
of them answered that there are four meals a day, prepared according to the
guidelines for a healthy diet. One of the questions was related to their opinion
about the impact of the acquired knowledge about healthy nutrition on the fur-
ther development of the child. They all answered that this knowledge will natu-
rally affect the further development of the child, as it is a good way for the rest
of his life and these healthy habits will stay with him.
We also wanted to know if they think that today’s children are over-
fed and what they think is the cause of this. The vast majority of respondents
agreed that today’s children are indeed overfed, attributing it to inadequate di-
et and lack of exercise. From their responses, it is clear that they make an effort
in the kindergartens to ensure that the children are physically active as much as
possible. They ensure this by going for walks, using the playground where they
enrich the activities with different props and accessories, and adapting these
activities to indoor exercise when the weather is bad. One of the interview-
ees responded, “Kids like to move. Every day we take a walk around the place,
combined with a game in the playground, where we offer them free movement,
polygons, different sports equipment, and games in playgrounds. In bad weath-
er, we move to music, play elementary movement games, or do dance activi-
ties.”
When asked if the children take into account the acquired knowledge, all
respondents answered “yes”. The following answer was particularly interesting:
stitutions, all respondents confirmed that they cooperate with medical institu-
tions. These collaborations differ slightly depending on the frequency of train-
ing. In most of them, medical staff visits the kindergarten and conducts various
workshops for children and staff, sometimes also for parents, and in some kin-
dergartens children are also taken to a medical facility. The response of one of
the interviewees was, “We are linked to the local health center. Once a month,
throughout the year, different health workers come and prepare work with the
children through short lectures and workshops. We then continue these topics
on the following days with the educators, depending on the interest of the chil-
dren.” According to this respondent’s answer, another’s answering differs sig-
nificantly in terms of the frequency of visits by medical personnel: “In collab-
oration with the health center, we prepare workshops for children and parents
every year. A nurse also visits us regularly.”
We have noticed that the children very much enjoy attending the lectures
and workshops given by the medical staff. The children are attracted to var-
ious props, cartoons, and stories, and in such a way that they try something
themselves, i.e. they are actively involved in the workshops. However, all inter-
viewees agreed that children have very different hygiene habits that they have
adopted in their families. There are also big differences in eating habits. Some
are very hungry for everything, while others refuse almost everything: “Eat-
ing habits are very different. Some eat everything, while others are very picky.”
When asked about the number of daily meals in the kindergarten, all
of them answered that there are four meals a day, prepared according to the
guidelines for a healthy diet. One of the questions was related to their opinion
about the impact of the acquired knowledge about healthy nutrition on the fur-
ther development of the child. They all answered that this knowledge will natu-
rally affect the further development of the child, as it is a good way for the rest
of his life and these healthy habits will stay with him.
We also wanted to know if they think that today’s children are over-
fed and what they think is the cause of this. The vast majority of respondents
agreed that today’s children are indeed overfed, attributing it to inadequate di-
et and lack of exercise. From their responses, it is clear that they make an effort
in the kindergartens to ensure that the children are physically active as much as
possible. They ensure this by going for walks, using the playground where they
enrich the activities with different props and accessories, and adapting these
activities to indoor exercise when the weather is bad. One of the interview-
ees responded, “Kids like to move. Every day we take a walk around the place,
combined with a game in the playground, where we offer them free movement,
polygons, different sports equipment, and games in playgrounds. In bad weath-
er, we move to music, play elementary movement games, or do dance activi-
ties.”
When asked if the children take into account the acquired knowledge, all
respondents answered “yes”. The following answer was particularly interesting:
