INDICATORS OF OBESITY IN VARIOUS AGE GROUPS OF THE FEMALE POPULATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

INDICATORS OF OBESITY IN VARIOUS AGE GROUPS OF THE FEMALE POPULATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

In this paper the authors deal with the obesity of the Czech female population. As a basic criterion for the evaluation of obesity, several standard parameters used worldwide were selected. These include the body mass index (BMI), %body fat, and the "fitness score". For the inclusion among...

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Veröffentlicht in:Gymnasium (Bacău) 2012-07, Vol.13 (2), p.21-21
Hauptverfasser: Dita, Hlavonová, Jan, Cacek, Pavel, Grasgruber, Kalina, Tomás
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Body fat
Body mass
Body mass index
Obesity
Physical fitness
Single group studies
Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper the authors deal with the obesity of the Czech female population. As a basic criterion for the evaluation of obesity, several standard parameters used worldwide were selected. These include the body mass index (BMI), %body fat, and the "fitness score". For the inclusion among the female obese population, these following threshold parameters were chosen: BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2, fitness score (FS) ≤ 70 points, body fat (%) > 30. The research sample consisted of 319 women divided into 6 age groups. The results show that in the studied women (p
ISSN:1453-0201
2344-5645