How Emotions Influence the Psychophysical Well-being of Children
How Emotions Influence the Psychophysical Well-being of Children

Summary/Abstract: Introduction: The current work, through a strict review of the literature, is aimed at highlighting how emotions, physical activity and a healthy diet can affect psychophysical well-being in childhood, particularly between the ages of 3–12.Research Aim: An analysis of research and texts on the relationship between emotions, nutrition, physical activity in pre-school- and school-aged children was performed. The article focuses on an in-depth bibliographic research through the most important search engines by analyzing scientific protocols/articles published from 2010 to 2022 in international journals of the sector.Evidence-based facts: Research is presented on the extent to which emotions can influencepsychophysical wellbeing in developmental age including the relationship between emotionsand physical activity activity, emotions and nutrition, physical activity and nutrition.Summary: The ability to regulate emotions is of particular importance as it affects the child’s educational process, the school context and physical, emotional, cognitive and social well-being. To this end, further investigations are needed to investigate this issue, given the great value it has in the interaction with nutrition and physical activity.

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