Where do children get information about healthy lifestyle?

Healthy lifestyle, which includes enough physical activity and appropriate eating habits (nutrition), is essential for children's physical and emotional development. Childhood is a period where habits start to shape. These habits transform into values, which start to shape our behavior in different fields. The main purpose of this research was to discover where children get information about drugs, nutrition and physical activity. We intended to find differences between boys and girls. The sample included 832 children from 10 Slovenian schools: 220 boys and 209 girls from 4th grade (age: 10 yrs. +/- 4 months) And 219 boys and 184 girls from 7th grade (age: 13 yrs. +/- 3 months). We found out that girls and boys got the majority of information about healthy lifestyle in primary social environment - family, which is followed by secondary social environment - school. Differences between boys and girls showed that boys had better perception of noticing factors from actions, radio, TV and press, while girls on the other hand prefer personal contact in transferring the information. Therefore, they communicate more easily with parents and teachers.