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Assessment of nutritional status of the elderly population living in rest home and at home
SVATOŠOVÁ, Tereza
The bachelor thesis with the title "Assesment of Nutritional Status of the Elderly Population Living in Rest Home and at Home" is concerning problems related to nutrition at old age. The theoretical part of the thesis is focused on the definition of the old age and the changes of an old body associated with nutrition, and also on needs of energy and of individual nutrients. The thesis is also concerning interactions between food and drugs, nutrition disorders at old age and possibilities how to investigate and assess nutritional state. The experimental group was created by 6 elderly people, 3 people were living in Rest Homes for the Elderly and 3 people were living at home. They were all over 65 years of age. The goal was to investigate their nutritional state and to compare the results we received from people living in Rest Homes for the Elderly and people living at home. There was chosen qualitative research form of investigation. We firstly received basic information that concerned anthropometrical data, personal health anamnesis, family anamnesis, etc. in form of semi structured interview. We recorded answers obtained from interviewees' 1 week nutritional questionnaires. There are recorded data of each elderly person received during the interview in the practical part of the thesis, there is also calculated recommended intake of energy and nutrients, calculation of food pattern received from the software program "Nutriservis Professional" and in the end, there are carried out some recommendations. We can see from the results that the elderly fail to have appropriate fluids intake, they do not have enough vegetables, legumes, fish and fish products. Investigated elderly people preferred fats to carbohydrates. However, it is not possible to conclude explicitly based on found results that the nutritional state in the interviewed people from the Rest Home for Elderly is better than in people living at home. But the nutritional patterns of elderly people from Rest Homes for Elderly had better choice of appropriate food and meals were rarely repeated. It is necessary for the Elderly to receive more information on the nutrition so that they can realize that also at their old age it is important to eat proper diet with sufficient quantity so that it will meet the requirements concerning their actual needs. The research result and recommendation can be used by organizations that take care of the elderly people and also by the elderly themselves as the source of information about nutrition and proper diet.
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Gender Differences in the Approach to caterring Basic School Pupils
Brabcová, Věra ; Marádová, Eva (advisor) ; Kočí, Jana (referee)
Title: English: Gender Differences in the Approach to caterring Basic School Pupils Author: Věra Brabcová Department: Pedagogy Supervisor: PaedDr. Eva Marádová, CSc. ANNOTATION: The objective of the Bachelor Thesis, divided into two parts, is to find out whether there are any differences in the approach to catering; the discussed group of diners are basic school pupils of the second stage (Czech education system). The work compares the attitude of boys and girls at the age of 11 - 16. The theoretical part focuses on factors which tend to influence catering; it also defines 'senior basic school' stage; furthermore, it is aimed at nutrition recommendations typical for the discussed age; and, it describes areas where there are some gender differences. Moreover, the work also concentrates on the terminology dealing with this issue and it tries to emphasise the importance of good eating habits of youngsters and its link with eating disorders and obesity when they become older. The empirical part focuses on the basic school pupils (mentioned above) and their knowledge of good eating habits and a healthy diet. The outcome of the thesis is to find out whether there are any differences in the life style approach of boys and girls. The data was collected by a questionnaire, handed out at several Czech basic schools....
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