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EDITORIAL

This issue of Annales Kinesiologiae clearly highlights the parents’ perspective and 
the importance of the entire family in the harmonious motor development of the child. 
Studies examining the family environment as one of the factors in child development 
consistently confirm the extraordinary importance of early experiences in the formation 
of future habits and patterns of behavior in the individual. The challenge of balancing 
professional obligations and active time with the family is particularly great for parents 
today. Reasons such as lack of time and bad weather are always convenient excuses, 
as evidenced by the research findings in the first article in this issue. The generatio-
nal shift to predominantly negative influences and exercise patterns is fierce and can 
no longer be denied. The behavioral patterns of today’s children are rapidly changing 
from those of their parents, unfortunately toward an increase in physical inactivity and 
screen time. Playtime in the same children’s natural environment is being reduced. As 
a result, children are losing the opportunity for important experiences that the natural 
environment and play in it provide. This issue is explored in the final article. Numerous 
studies have found that regular moderate-intensity physical activity has a significant 
impact on health, physical performance, and overall well-being. The other two articles 
in this issue describe the relationships between body composition and motor skills in 
children, and moderate-intensity physical activity as a factor in behavioral prevention 
and improvement of diabetes. It is the task of experts in the interdisciplinary field of 
kinesiology to continually promote and provide evidence of the importance of regular 
physical activity, active lifestyles, and active recreation for the quality of life and health 
of individuals as well as society as a whole. It is also necessary to draw attention to the 
responsibility of each of us to contribute, within our means, to the awareness and co-
-creation of a physically stimulating space and environment. Only with intense effort 
will we be able to overcome the intergenerational decline in physical activity. Adults 
and even adolescents have a responsibility to young children to encourage through 
example an active lifestyle.

Matej Plevnik, PhD, Assist. Prof.
Editor



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UVODNIK

Tokratna številka revije pomembno osvetljuje pogled staršev in pomen celotne dru-
žine za skladen gibalni razvoj otroka. Študije, ki proučujejo okolje družine kot enega 
izmed dejavnikov otrokovega razvoja, vedno znova potrjujejo izjemen pomen prvih 
izkušenj za oblikovanje prihodnjih navad in vedenjskih vzorcev posameznika. V da-
našnjem času je izziv usklajevanja službenih obveznosti in aktivno preživetega časa z 
družino za starše še posebej velik. Razlogi, kot so pomanjkanje časa in slabo vreme, 
so vedno znova priročen izgovor, kar z raziskovalnimi ugotovitvami podpira tudi prvi 
objavljen prispevek v tokratni številki. Generacijske spremembe predvsem negativnih 
vplivov in vzorcev gibalne neaktivnosti so silovite in jih ni več mogoče zanikati. Vzorci 
vedenja današnjih otrok se v primerjavi z vzorci njihovih staršev hitro spreminjajo, žal 
v smeri povečevanja časa gibalne neaktivnosti in zaslonskega časa. Hkrati pa se čas 
igre v zunanjem naravnem okolju pri istih otrocih zmanjšuje. S tem izgubljajo prilo-
žnost za pomembne izkušnje, ki jih nudi naravno okolje in igra v njem. To problema-
tiko proučuje zadnji prispevek tokratne številke. Da redna zmerno intenzivna gibalna 
aktivnost pomembno vpliva na zdravje, gibalno učinkovitost in splošno počutje, sicer 
ugotavljajo številne raziskave. Preostala prispevka te številke opisujeta povezave med 
telesno sestavo in gibalnimi sposobnostmi pri otrocih ter zmerno intenzivno gibalno 
aktivnostjo kot dejavniki preventivnega vedenja in izboljšanja stanja sladkorne bolezni. 
Naloga strokovnjakov interdisciplinarnega področja kineziologije je, da vedno zno-
va spodbujajo in dokazujejo pomen redne gibalne aktivnosti, aktivnega življenjskega 
sloga in aktivno preživetega prostega časa za kakovost življenja in zdravja posame-
znika in tudi celotne družbe. Pri tem je treba opozoriti tudi na odgovornost vsakega 
izmed nas, da po svojih zmožnostih prispeva k ozaveščanju in soustvarjanju gibalno 
spodbudnega prostora in izkušenjsko bogatega okolja. Medgeneracijski upad gibalnih 
aktivnosti bomo lahko premagali le s prizadevnostjo vsakega izmed nas. Starši otrok in 
mladostnikov imajo v svoji vlogi pomembno nalogo, da z zgledom in stalno motivacijo 
svoje najmlajše navdušujejo za redno gibalno udejstvovanje. Prav je, da jim pri tem 
pomagamo.

Doc. dr. Matej Plevnik,
urednik


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