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Overweight and Obesity in Relation with Physical Inactivity
PERSANOVÁ, Petra
As follows from the title, the bachelor thesis deals with overweight and obesity in connection with lack of movement. The whole thesis is divided in two parts, theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part is split in several chapters. At first, I present the explanation of basic concepts, as obesity and overweight. The next part of thesis contains the classification as per body mass index (BMI), where I state in the table of BMI ranging from underweight up to obesity of the 3rd degree. Moreover I state in the thesis the BMI percentile split of children. In the next chapter, I focus on risks of obesity, which are very important. I am interested also in risk factors connected with overweight and obesity. One of the chapters is devoted to complications of obesity, especially to metabolic syndrome, being one of the main complications, and for this reason it is analysed in detail in thesis. An essential chapter is movement and associated support of physical activities. I analyse the choice of suitable activities for obese individuals. Especially swimming, walking and cycling are stated here. Moreover I treat the medically orientated fitness - the aerobic and muscle fitness, flexibility and body composition. In the end of thesis, the issue of inactivity is mentioned. In the practical part, the research data were used acquired by quantitative questioning method by means of a standardized IPAQ questionnaire. The questionnaire is anonymous and it consisted of 5 parts focused on physical activity, demographic questions and supplementing data. The first part of questionnaire concerned physical activity during the work and study, the second part was devoted to physical activity during the transport, the third part concerned physical activity during the homework and maintenance of house (flat). The fourth part of the questionnaire dealt with free time physical activity and the fifth part was focused on the time spent by sitting. Demographic questions concerned the sex of respondents and age. And finally the questionnaire contained supplementing data, height and weight of respondents. The pre-printed form of questionnaires was subsequently distributed to students of Faculty of Health and Social Studies in České Budějovice. The questioned persons were provided information how to proceed during filling in the questionnaire. The questionnaire was determined for students of Faculty of Health and Social Studies in České Budějovice. In total 215 questionnaires were distributed, 200 of them were returned filled in correctly, the return rate was 93 %. Quantitative data were processed by basic statistic methods and represented graphically. The target of my bachelor thesis was to find out the relationship between frequency and intensity of physical activities in connection with overweight and obesity of students of the Faculty of Health and Social Studies in České Budějovice. Two hypotheses were set in the research. Hypothesis 1: Students men and women having a higher BMI (Body Mass Index) than 25 will have a different frequency of physical activity than students men and women with BMI lower than 25. This hypothesis was refuted based on the research performed within bachelor thesis. Hypothesis 2: Students men and women having a higher BMI (Body Mass Index) than 25 will have a different intensity of physical activities than students men and women with BMI lower than 25. This hypothesis was accepted and confirmed based on the research performed within bachelor thesis. Based on acquired data, bachelor thesis will serve for clarification of issue of overweight and obesity in relation to physical inactivity. The thesis may be determined for lay public to deepen the information about this issue.
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