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5th INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON 
“EXERCISE AND QUALITY OF LIFE”

Novi Sad, Serbia, 11–13 April, 2019

A delegation from the Institute for Kinesiology Research attended the hospitable 
EQOL2019 in Novi Sad, organised by the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education of 
the University of Novi Sad. The plenary lectures of the conference covered various as-
pects within the subtopic ‘from active childhood to healthy aging’ in a very informative 
way: Wlodzimierz Starosta: Model of children’s comprehensive movement education in 
a family as a fundament of healthy, physically active, successful and long life; Antonino 
Bianco: Field-based tests for the assessment of physical fitness in youth practicing 
sports: a systematic review within the ESA program; James S. Skinner: Exercise and 
quality of life in the elderly; Francisco B. Ortega: Fitter kids for a healthier adult soci-
ety; Jozsef Betlehem: How can health literacy influence health status?; Jorunn Sund-
got-Borgen: Exercise and quality of life in healthy adolescents, women with eating dis-
orders and female elite athletes; Dejan Magoc: Impact of 5-2-1-0: a community-based 
childhood obesity prevention initiative; Sanja Music Milanovic: Physical (in)activity 
in early school-age: What are we doing wrong?; Visnja Djordjic: The post-milennials’ 
lifestyle and what physical education can do about it?; Sanja Salaj: Physical activity 
and motor skills in preschool children; Finn Berggren: HEPA Europe – Before – Now 
– and ???.

The conference allowed sufficient time for the oral presentations of both the invited 
speakers and work sessions, as well for poster sessions, where young and old could 
gather and discuss the themes.

From the main lectures, it was obvious that there is a role for attendees and organ-
isers to raise awareness of the importance of physical activity during primary school 
periods, to battle sedentary lifestyles, and to consider physical activity as an integrated 
element of obligatory academic courses. HEPA Europe, a network of organisations 
recognized by WHO which emphasises health-enhancing physical activity, could have 
an important role in this (for more on HEPA Europe visit: http://www.hepaeurope2019.
org/). From this perspective, it seems that new field-based tests for the assessment of 
physical activity for young people might even be of interest for (early) detection of 
cognitive and physical disabilities in children.

The abstracts of the conference have been published in BMC Sports Science, Medi-
cine and Rehabilitation, Volume 11, Supplement 1 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-
019-0119-7), while more details of the conference and its associated journal can be 
found elsewhere (http://eqol.rs and www.eqoljournal.com). The well-organised confer-
ence is highly commended for its invitation to renowned academic speakers, and for 
attracting several hundred participants who had the chance to share knowledge in a 
stimulating environment, which was especially rewarding for young researchers.

Cécil Meulenberg

http://www.hepaeurope2019.org/
http://www.hepaeurope2019.org/
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-019-0119-7
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-019-0119-7
http://eqol.rs
http://www.eqoljournal.com


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5. MEDNARODNA ZNANSTVENA KONFERENCA  
»EXERCISE AND QUALITY OF LIFE«

Novi Sad, Srbija, 11.–13. april 2019

Sodelavci Inštituta za kineziološke raziskave ZRS Koper so se že tradicionalno 
udeležili 5.  EQOL2019 konference v gostoljubnem Novem Sadu, ki jo je organizirala 
Fakulteta za šport in telesno vzgojo Univerze v Novem Sadu. Plenarna predavanja 
konference: Wlodzimierz Starosta: Model of children’s comprehensive movement edu-
cation in a family as a fundament of healthy, physically active, successful and long 
life; Antonino Bianco: Field-based tests for the assessment of physical fitness in youth 
practicing sports: a systematic review within the ESA program; James S. Skinner: Ex-
ercise and quality of life in the elderly; Francisco B. Ortega: Fitter kids for a healthier 
adult society; Jozsef Betlehem: How can health literacy influence health status?; Jo-
runn Sundgot-Borgen: Exercise and quality of life in healthy adolescents, women with 
eating disorders and female elite athletes; Dejan Magoc: Impact of 5-2-1-0: a com-
munity-based childhood obesity prevention initiative; Sanja Music Milanovic: Physi-
cal (in)activity in early school-age: What are we doing wrong?; Visnja Djordjic: The 
post-milennials’ lifestyle and what physical education can do about it?; Sanja Salaj: 
Physical activity and motor skills in preschool children in Finn Berggren: HEPA Eu-
rope – Before – Now – and ??? so na zelo informativen način zajemala različne vidike 
letošnje glavne teme “Od aktivnega otroštva do zdravega staranja”.

Konferenca je obsegala tako govorne predstavitve aktivnih udeležencev, kot tudi 
sekcijo poster predstavitev, kjer je bilo več časa za razpravo namenjenega predvsem 
tistim, ki so šele na začetku akademske poti. 

Plenarna predavanja so tudi tokrat opozarjala na očitno vlogo, ki jo imajo udeležen-
ci in organizatorji konference pri ozaveščanju javnosti o pomenu gibalne/športne dejav-
nosti v osnovnošolskem obdobju,  pri boju proti sedentarnemu življenjskemu slogu in 
pri upoštevanju telesne dejavnosti kot integriranega elementa v učnih načrtih. Pri tem 
bi lahko izpostavili pomembno vlogo mreže organizacij »HEPA Europe«, pod okriljem 
Svetovne zdravstvene organizacije, ki promovira gibalno/športno aktivnost za krepitev 
zdravja populacije (več o »HEPA Europe« na http://www.hepaeurope2019.org/). V tej 
smeri lahko razumemo tudi nove terenske teste za oceno GŠA za mlade, ki naj bi pri-
pomogli k (zgodnjemu) odkrivanju kognitivnih in telesnih pomanjkljivosti pri otrocih.

Povzetki konference so bili objavljeni v reviji BMC Sports Science, Medicine and 
Rehabilitation, Volume 11 Supplement 1 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-019-0119-7), 
več podrobnosti o konferenci in znanstveni reviji lahko najdete tudi na (http://eqol.rs in 
www.eqoljournal.com). 

Dobra organizacija konference z aktualnimi predavanji priznanih strokovnjakov ter 
več kot 100 predstavljenimi prispevki, zagotavlja spodbudno okolje in dobro priporo-
čilo za vse mlade raziskovalce,  ki si želijo akademske rasti.

Cécil Meulenberg, prevod Saša Pišot

http://www.hepaeurope2019.org/
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-019-0119-7
http://eqol.rs
http://www.eqoljournal.com

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