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Obesity and its health complications
STROUHALOVÁ, Eliška
Bachelor thesis concern with history and types of obesity. Obesity etiopatogenesis which include energy balance, nutrition, physical activity, psychosocial factors, pharmatical drugs, genetics and fat tissue as endocrine organ. Than with health examination of obese patient, health issues, impact of obesity on life quality and economical impact. Last theoretical chapter is world prevalence of obesity which is based on research from selected states of the world. The goal of this study was to determine prevalence overweight and obesity which include health issues in the population. For this study was created an anonymous questionnaire. This method is called quantitative. By the evaluation of my survey it was proven that the obese people are not conscious of possible aftermath and they do not find help in time.
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Childhood obesity as a social threat in the context of chidren's education to a healthy lifestyle at primary schools (in the city of Bílina)
Türb, Štěpán ; Háva, Petr (advisor) ; Duškov, Ivan (referee)
This dissertation is focused on currently one of the most burning social problem - childhood obesity in Czech Republic. We have tried to find out a childhood prevalence obesity, its causes, social risks and expected dangers and we evaluated possible solutions for the prevention of obesity. A research problem of the thesis is the growing prevalence of childhood obesity in the Czech Republic in the context of developing its ineffectively controlled determinant. Our research targets on children, more precisely said on pupils of four primary schools (in the Bílina city). Among the objectives of the thesis belongs a pupil categorization according to BMI (body mass index). A principal goal is an evaluation of level of support for children to a healthy lifestyle by primary schools. Data have been collected from the children themselves, as well as from the school management and the respective school founder (city or region). The results of the research point out that a prevalence of childhood obesity (for a sample of the pupils of bílina's primary schools) corresponds to the current development and proportional representation of overweight and obesity in our country. The case studies which are output as research section aimed at encouraging children to a healthy lifestyle from the school and the research...
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Discussion of research priorities of socio-economic determinants of obesity
Voglová, Daniela ; Háva, Petr (advisor) ; Kružík, Lubomír (referee)
This work follows the studies focused on obesity, its global extent and its serious health and economic impact. At the same time, the work examines the unsuccessful fight of public policies which try to reverse growing prevalence of obesity. Nevertheless, the main goal of the thesis is a discussion about priorities of new orientation in the research on the causes of the obesity epidemic and effectiveness of precautions that were taken in many countries and international organizations with the main aim to stop the obesity and its consequences. The discussion leads to the more detailed description of the problems connected with obesity, for instance, environmental aspects, housing culture in relation to physical activities, lifestyle in relation to advertisement/marketing, psychological and socio- psychological aspects, combating stress, etc. My intention was to find out utility of contemporary research on obesity for setting of policy fighting against obesity. At the same time, I wanted to find out other possible directions in the research into this field and discover how the discussion about priorities of the research in the experimental community proceeds. Two international dimensions of paradigmatic approaches separated to the certain degree can be considered as relevant with regard to the global...
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