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Journal of Regional Socio-Economic Issues, Vol. 6, Special Issue 1, June 2016


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JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES (JRSEI) SPECIAL ISSUE Journal of Regional & Socio-Economic Issues (Print) ISSN 2049-1395 Journal of Regional & Socio-Economic Issues (Online) ISSN 2049-1409

Indexed by Copernicus Index, DOAJ (Director of Open Access Journal), EBSCO, Cabell’s Index The journal is catalogued in the following catalogues: ROAD: Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources, OCLC WorldCat, EconBiz - ECONIS, CITEFACTOR, OpenAccess

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JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES (JRSEI) ISSN No. 2049-1395 Aims of the Journal: Journal of Regional Socio-Economic Issues (JRSEI) is an international multidisciplinary refereed journal the purpose of which is to present papers manuscripts linked to all aspects of regional socio-economic and business and related issues. The views expressed in this journal are the personal views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of JRSEI journal. The journal invites contributions from both academic and industry scholars. Electronic submissions are highly encouraged (mail to: [email protected]). Indexed by Copernicus Index, DOAJ (Director of Open Access Journal), EBSCO, Cabell’s Index International Institute of Organized Research (I2OR) database The journal is catalogued in the following catalogues: ROAD: Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources, OCLC WorldCat, EconBiz - ECONIS, CITEFACTOR, OpenAccess

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Prof. Dr. George M. Korres: Professor University of the Aegean, School of Social Sciences, Department of Geography, [email protected]

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zacharoula S. Andreopoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Forestry and Natural Environment, School of Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Environment, [email protected] Dr. Stilianos Alexiadis, Ministry of Reconstruction of Production, Environment & Energy Department of Strategic Planning, Rural Development, Evaluation & Documentation Division of Documentation & Agricultural Statistics, [email protected]; [email protected] Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maria Athina Artavani, Department of Military Science, Hellenic Military Academy, Greece, [email protected] Prof. Dr. Elias G. Carayannis: Professor School of Business, George Washington University, USA, [email protected]; [email protected] Prof. Dr. Christos Frangos, Professor of Statistics and Business Methods, Technological Institute of Athens, [email protected] Assistant Prof. Dr. Vasilis S. Gavalas, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, [email protected] Ass. Prof. Dr Vicky Delitheou, Department of Economics and Regional Development, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences of Athens, [email protected] Prof. Dr. Hanna Dudek: Professor Warsaw University of Life Sciences, [email protected] Prof. Dr. Richard Harris: Professor Durham University, [email protected] Assoc. Prof. Dr. George Gkantzias: Associate Professor in Cultural Management, New Technology University of the Aegean, [email protected] Ass. Prof. Dr. Olga-Ioanna Kalantzi, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, Email: [email protected] Ass. Prof. Dr. Marina-Selini Katsaiti, Assistant Professor Department of Economics & Finance, College of Business & Economics, United Arab Emirates University, UAE, [email protected]


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Prof. Dr. Christos Kitsos, Technological Institute of Athens, [email protected] Dr. Aikaterini Kokkinou, University of the Aegean, Department of Geography, Greece, [email protected] Prof. Dr. Elias A. Kourliouros, Professor Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, [email protected]; [email protected] Ass. Prof. Dr. Christos Ladias, Assistant Professor, Panteion University, Greece [email protected] Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Lagos, Professor Department of Business Administration, University of the Aegean, [email protected] Assoc. Prof. Dr. Charalambos Louca: Associate Professor & Head of Business Department, Director of Research Department, [email protected] Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Marmaras: Professor Technical University of Crete, [email protected]; [email protected] Prof. Dr. Ioannis Th. Mazis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Turkish Studies and Modern Asian Studies, School of Economics and Political Sciences, [email protected]; [email protected]; Prof. Dr. Maria Michailidis: Associate Professor & Dean, Department of Management & MIS, University of Nicosia, [email protected] Prof. Dr. Photis Nanopoulos, Former Director of Eurostat, [email protected] Prof. Dr. Nikitas Nikitakos, Department of Shipping Trade and Transport, University of the Aegean, Email: [email protected] Dr. Pablo Ruiz-Nápoles, Faculty of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, [email protected] Assistant Professor Dr. Efstratios Papanis, Department of Sociology, University of the Aegean, [email protected] Assistant Professor Gerasimos Pavlogeorgatos (PhD), Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, [email protected] Prof. Dr. George Polychronopoulos, Professor and Dean School of Economics and Business, Technological Institute of Athens, [email protected] Prof. Dr. Kiran Prasad, Professor Sri Padmavati Mahila University [email protected]; [email protected]; Dr. Efthymia Sarantakou, Architect Engineer, adjunct lecturer at the Hellenic Open University and at the Technological Educational Institute of Athens, [email protected] Associate Professor Dr. George Sidiropoulos, University of the Aegean, Department of Geography, [email protected] Associate Professor Dr. Anastasia Stratigea, National Technical University of Athens, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Department of Geography and Regional Planning, [email protected] Prof. Paris Tsartas, Professor, University of the Aegean, [email protected] Prof. Dr. George O. Tsobanoglou, Prof. University of the Aegean, Department of Sociology, [email protected] Assoc. Professor Dr. George Tsourvakas, School of Economic and Political Studies, Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Email: [email protected] Prof. Dr. George Zestos, Christopher Newport University, [email protected]

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Table of Contents Editorial Board

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Editorial Note

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Paper 1: Frequency of Childhood Obesity in Primary School Students of Municipality of Karpenisi (by Gketsios Ioannis, Karagouti Vasileia, Belitsi Vasiliki, and Tonia Vassilakou)

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Paper 2: Program Facing Childhood Obesity through Improvement of Nutrition and Enhancement of Physical Activity in Elementary School’ s Students Aged 11-12 Years Old (by Belitsi Vasiliki and and Pastroma Konstantina)

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Paper 3: Using Graphic Calculator in Mathematical Teaching: Perceptions of Secondary Education Teachers (by Lemonia Boutskou)

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Paper 4: The Effects of Economic Crisis in Greece (by Tsioni Irene)

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Paper 5: The Impact of Economic Crisis on the Performance of Greek Companies (by Themelidou Maria)

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Paper 6: The Greek Economic Crisis: Lessons and Prospects (by Mpanteli Rafaela – Georgia)

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Book Review

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Call for Papers

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Instructions to Authors

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Editorial Note

The EU needs to pay more attention to the policies toward growth, development, competitiveness and the regional-cohesion. A new generation of policies have to overcome the limitations and failures of past experiences, such as collusive practices between political and economic power, heavy bureaucracy, lack of accountability and obstacles of entrepreneurship. They have to be creative and selective, with decision-making mechanisms that are more democratic and inclusive of different social interests, pulling out of the current crisis. The politics behind such a new departure has to be based on a wide social consensus over the distribution of the productivity and efficiency gains deriving from new technologies and socio-economic activities.

This special issue, Volume 6, June 2016, based on selected papers regarding economic crisis and the socio-economic consequences. More specifically, this special issue includes the following reviewed papers:  Frequency of Childhood Obesity in Primary School Students of Municipality of Karpenisi  (by Gketsios Ioannis, Karagouti Vasileia, Belitsi Vasiliki, and Tonia Vassilakou)  Program Facing Childhood Obesity through Improvement of Nutrition and Enhancement of Physical Activity in Elementary School’ s Students Aged 11-12 Years Old (by Belitsi Vasiliki and and Pastroma Konstantina)  Using Graphic Calculator in Mathematical Teaching: Perceptions of Secondary Education Teachers (by Lemonia Boutskou)  The Effects of Economic Crisis in Greece (by Tsioni Irene)  The Impact of Economic Crisis on the Performance of Greek Companies (by Themelidou Maria)  The Greek Economic Crisis: Lessons and Prospects (by Mpanteli Rafaela – Georgia)

Furthermore, this special issue explores and studies various dimensions of the socioeconomic issues. This special issue considers both an economic and social perspective to increase the information base and derive broader conclusions about the social consequences of the economic crisis, with this issue being of particular research relevance because evidence

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shows that even though economic crisis has been widely analyzed with respect to economic consequences, yet little attention has been paid to the evaluation of social consequences.

The authors of this special issue hereby declare that all papers included in this special issue are the result of their own actual work and originally authored by them, except explicitly stated otherwise in the text. Authors declare to be aware of and understand the journal’s policy on plagiarism and except where states otherwise by reference or acknowledgment, the papers presented are entirely their own and any due references used are being clearly indicated and have been provided on all supporting literatures and resources.

The views expressed in this journal are the personal views of the authors, remain under their sole responsibility, and do not necessarily reflect the views of JRSEI journal.

The Editor,

Professor Dr. George M. Korres


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Frequency of Childhood Obesity in Primary School Students of Municipality of Karpenisi

Abstract: Obesity among children and young people has become a modern epidemic. Purpose: The purpose of this study was the evaluation of the body mass index (BMI), by age and sex, of the students of elementary schools of the Karpenisi town. Material and Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 239 students (boys and girls) of A, C, F classes of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th primary schools of the Karpenisi town in the region of Evritania during the school year 2011-2012 . To determine body mass index (BMI) measurements of weight and height were accomplished in the schools. The calculation of BMI was done by correlating weight (Kg) / height2 (m2 ). Within schools also became the collection of demographic data such as age, gender and ethnicity. The children were classified according to age and gender: a) Children within normal weight limits, b) Overweight children, c) Obese children, according to internationally accepted BMI limits for assessing body weight in children aged 2-12 years. The data were coded and entered into the computer program (SPSS 17.0). For the statistical analysis used appropriate statistical package and control x2 applied (alternatively Fischer test for small sample size). The statistical significance was set at p

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