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Eating in everyday life of people in relation to obesity
PEŠEK, Robert
The bachelor thesis addresses dietary problems connected with insufficicent obesity related informatics of common population. The thesis is divided into two mains parts. The theoretical part contains information and procedures concerning obesity and individual components of food. The charter concerning obesity describes the risks and causes of obesity, its prevention and assessment. The assessment uses the indicator Body Mass Index which is calculated by using the stated formulas. Nutritional recommendations and rational diet measures are focused on the nutrition of adults, stating the recommended daily intakes and nutrition at old age. This part also states the categories of workers working in various working conditions and environments. Obesity may be caused by an increased energy intake resulting from improper diet with disproportion between calories consumed and energy burned. The thesis also states individual components of food, such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats and vitamins, and thein most suitable sources. It also provides the currently recommended daily intakes. The practical part examines rating habits and individual preference sof kinds of diet. The research part is also focused on ascertaining of public awareness of obesity, it uses the metod of a quantitative research in which the research set consided of 206 respondents visiting shopping centres. In order to ascertain the required data, questionnaire sheets with 29 questions were distributed in shopping centres. Two objectives were selected for the practical part. The main objective was to ascertain the eating habits and BMI in the age group of 40 ? 60 years old. It follows from the results that most of the respondents do not study the ingredients of all fous despite availability of sufficient detail sof the ingredients but are interested in biofoods. It follows from the questionnaire surfy that the respondents are aware of thein inappropriate diet but do not realize the consequences. In terms of education, the percentage of respondents possessing nutritional, food-industry or simile education is not very high. The processed data have revealed that 33 percent of the respondents are in the category normal weight and the category of overweight, that the respondents do not have a regular diet in terms of time and composition of the food intake. The resulting charts show that men select foods on basis of more rational criteria. Primarily, they the select foods according to thein taste, while the second criterion is the economic situation of the family. After assessing the price and taste, They select fous that are less substantial but tastier. Respondents have most of meals at home despite the fact they do not eat a sufficient number of meals. The secondary objective was to ascertain the public awareness of obesity. Families with obese members are more informed although Theky do not observe the basis rule sof healthy nutrition. People in the age group from 40 to 60 obtain information particularly from their physician and, to a lower degree, from the media but do not pay much attention to them. On the other hand, they state that they have necessary information about obesity and realize the risk but do not pay much attention to them. Therefore, information provided by the media should focus on the prevention od obesity rather than on the subsequent weight reduction. There was also a large group of people who did not have the information and absolutely ignored this issue. This bachelor thesis may serve the public as a ressource of information about obesity and diet on both lay and professional levels.
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