Indicators of obesity in various age groups of the female population in the Czech Republic

HLAVOŇOVÁ, Dita, Jan CACEK, Pavel GRASGRUBER and Tomáš KALINA. Indicators of obesity in various age groups of the female population in the Czech Republic. Gymnasium. 2012, vol. 13, No 2, p. 21-29. ISSN 1453-0201.

Basic information

• Original name: Indicators of obesity in various age groups of the female population in the Czech Republic
• Authors: HLAVOŇOVÁ, Dita (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jan CACEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavel GRASGRUBER (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Tomáš KALINA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Gymnasium, 2012, 1453-0201.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: Sport and leisure time activities
• Country of publisher: Romania
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14510/12:00064520
• Organization unit: Faculty of Sports Studies
• Keywords in English: obesity; women; age
• Tags: rivok

Abstract

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 < 0.05) BMI increases with increasing age. For example, the percentage of women who fall into the category of overweight or obese according to BMI is 16.7% in the age group 18 – 29 years, 25.8% in the group 30 – 39 years, 32.7% in the group 40 – 49 years, 45.5% in the group 50-59 years, 66.0% in the group 60-69 years, and 85.7% in the group 70+ years. The percentage of fat increases with increasing age as well. The fitness score starts to drop since the age of 50 years and slightly rises in the age groups 30 – 39 and 40 - 49.

Links

• CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0044, interní kód MU(CEP code: EE2.3.20.0044): Name: Vytvoření výzkumného týmu vedeného reintegrovaným českým vědcem za účelem zjišťování úrovně pohybové aktivity (inaktivity) u vybraných věkových skupin mužů a žen v ČR

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, 2.3 Human resources in research and development