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Findings of the relation between level of physical activity and occurance of obesity and owerweight in adults
Chudárková, Pavlína ; Hráský, Pavel (advisor) ; Gryc, Tomáš (referee)
(in English) The thesis deals with the relationship between physical activity and incidence of obesity and overweight in adults. The first part is about obesity as an epidemic and spreading problem, which extends in all directions into the whole world. The thesis defines obesity, also deals with methods that are currently used for measuring and determining the status of overweight and obesity, and continues by typing of obesity, meaning that adipose tissue in the human body is distributed in relation to sex. Parts of this work are also factors that influence overweight and obesity, the risk periods in developing obesity, and diseases associated with obesity. Another part describes current lifestyle and its changes over the last decades. The main section is physical activity and its influence on reducing weight, improving overall health and quality of lifestyle, where physical activity plays a fundamental role in the fight against obesity, as well as any prevention against it. Prevention is dedicated to the final part. The technological development has dramatically increased the number of people who suffer from the new civilization diseases including obesity. Prevention is the key in the whole problem of overweigh and obesity. Avoiding its formation should be the fundamental objective of any modern...
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Eating Habits of High School Students
Chudárková, Pavlína ; Bunc, Václav (advisor) ; Panáčková, Michaela (referee)
(in English) Aims: The aim of the diploma thesis was to monitor the eating habits of students from chosen high school which is located in Prague. These habits were taken into consideration with regards to social aspects of food and the causes of overweight and obesity. Methods: Qualitative research was used as the default method to determine the objective of the thesis. Based on literature review the survey was created. The respondents subjectively evaluated a set of questions relating to food and eating habits. Results: According to the findings, a major impact on eating habits of high school students has a family in general or household, in which students live. Cooking trend at home plays an important role, even when talking about boom in eating at restaurants and fast foods. Regardless of household income, students are used to really eat most often at home (breakfast and dinner) and at school (lunch). As for eating habits, respondents, from the vast majority, do not pay any attention to this process. And even if the results of the research showed that a large majority of students think they eat healthily, then less than half of them is not satisfied with own weight. Household income therefore has no significant effect on the eating habits in selected high school students. According to the...
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Eating Habits of High School Students
Chudárková, Pavlína ; Bunc, Václav (advisor) ; Panáčková, Michaela (referee)
(in English) Aims: The aim of the diploma thesis was to monitor the eating habits of students from chosen high school which is located in Prague. These habits were taken into consideration with regards to social aspects of food and the causes of overweight and obesity. Methods: Qualitative research was used as the default method to determine the objective of the thesis. Based on literature review the survey was created. The respondents subjectively evaluated a set of questions relating to food and eating habits. Results: According to the findings, a major impact on eating habits of high school students has a family in general or household, in which students live. Cooking trend at home plays an important role, even when talking about boom in eating at restaurants and fast foods. Regardless of household income, students are used to really eat most often at home (breakfast and dinner) and at school (lunch). As for eating habits, respondents, from the vast majority, do not pay any attention to this process. And even if the results of the research showed that a large majority of students think they eat healthily, then less than half of them is not satisfied with own weight. Household income therefore has no significant effect on the eating habits in selected high school students. According to the...
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Findings of the relation between level of physical activity and occurance of obesity and owerweight in adults
Chudárková, Pavlína ; Hráský, Pavel (advisor) ; Gryc, Tomáš (referee)
(in English) The thesis deals with the relationship between physical activity and incidence of obesity and overweight in adults. The first part is about obesity as an epidemic and spreading problem, which extends in all directions into the whole world. The thesis defines obesity, also deals with methods that are currently used for measuring and determining the status of overweight and obesity, and continues by typing of obesity, meaning that adipose tissue in the human body is distributed in relation to sex. Parts of this work are also factors that influence overweight and obesity, the risk periods in developing obesity, and diseases associated with obesity. Another part describes current lifestyle and its changes over the last decades. The main section is physical activity and its influence on reducing weight, improving overall health and quality of lifestyle, where physical activity plays a fundamental role in the fight against obesity, as well as any prevention against it. Prevention is dedicated to the final part. The technological development has dramatically increased the number of people who suffer from the new civilization diseases including obesity. Prevention is the key in the whole problem of overweigh and obesity. Avoiding its formation should be the fundamental objective of any modern...
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