Indicators of obesity and their relationship with the
educational attainment of the Czech female population

a 2013

Indicators of obesity and their relationship with the educational attainment of the Czech female population

HLAVOŇOVÁ, Dita, Jan CACEK and Martin SEBERA

Basic information

Original name

Indicators of obesity and their relationship with the educational attainment of the Czech female population

Authors

HLAVOŇOVÁ, Dita (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jan CACEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Martin SEBERA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

The 8th International INSHS Christmas Sport Scientific Conference, 2013

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

Sport and leisure time activities

Country of publisher

Hungary

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14510/13:00075230

Organization unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

Keywords in English

women; obesity; age; education

Abstract

V originále

The aim of this paper was to evaluate the relationship between selected indicators of obesity and the highest completed level of education in the adult female population of the Czech republic. As basic indicators of obesity, these following parameters were selected and measured via the bioimpedance method on the device InBody 720: BMI, WHR (waist-to-hip ratio), % body fat, % skeletal muscle mass, fitness score. The educational attainment of the tested women was inquired by a questionnaire. Based on the responses, we subsequently divided our sample into four categories according to the level of education: primary education, secondary education-apprenticeship, secondary education-graduate diploma, university. Based on the results (p<0.05), we can say that average values of the indicators obesity (BMI: 22.76, 24.88, 26.49 kg/m2, WHR: 0.85, 0.88, 0.90 and % body fat: 25.76, 30.23, 34.62%) increase with the increasing age of examined women. The average values of the fitness score (75.53, 73.86, 70.04 points) and % skeletal muscle mass (40.78, 38.15, 33.95%) decrease with increasing age. With regard to the educational attainment, women with secondary education-apprenticeship achieved the worst results. In contrast, the values in university educated women were the best in most indicators of obesity.

Links

EE2.3.20.0044, research and development project

Name: Vytvoření výzkumného týmu vedeného reintegrovaným českým vědcem za účelem zjišťování úrovně pohybové aktivity (inaktivity) u vybraných věkových skupin mužů a žen v ČR

Citovat

HLAVOŇOVÁ, Dita, Jan CACEK and Martin SEBERA. Indicators of obesity and their relationship with the educational attainment of the Czech female population. In The 8th International INSHS Christmas Sport Scientific Conference. 2013.

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HLAVOŇOVÁ, Dita, Jan CACEK and Martin SEBERA. Indicators of obesity and their relationship with the educational attainment of the Czech female population. In \textit{The 8th International INSHS Christmas Sport Scientific Conference}. 2013.

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